VLDL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does VLDL mean? 

• VLDL (noun)
  The noun VLDL has 1 sense:

1. large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL

  Familiarity information: VLDL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VLDL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

very low density lipoprotein; VLDL

Hypernyms ("VLDL" is a kind of...):

lipoprotein (a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood)

 Context examples 

Anacetrapib reduces the transfer of cholesteryl ester from HDL to LDL and/or VLDL thereby, producing an increase in serum HDL-cholesterol levels and a decrease in serum LDL-cholesterol levels.

(Anacetrapib, NCI Thesaurus)

A familial disorder characterized by an isolated elevation in the plasma level of endogenously synthesized triglyceride carried in VLDL.

(Fredrickson Type IV Lipidemia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Overall, fenofibrate reduces total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, total triglycerides and triglyceride rich lipoprotein (VLDL) while increasing HDL cholesterol.

(Fenofibrate, NCI Thesaurus)