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good cholesterol

 noun
     
good cholesterol also HDL [uncountable]
a type of cholesterol (=chemical substance found in your blood ) that carries bad cholesterol away from your arteries (artery) and back to your liver, helping to protect you against heart disease
➔ compare bad cholesterol
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