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Definition: HDL


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.[Wordnet].
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"Hdl" is a common misspelling or typo for: HCL, TDL, HDSL, HDO, HDLC, VHDL, HSL, BDL.

Date "Hdl" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1970. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	HDL Hardware Description Language Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Health	Lipoproteins (high-density lipoproteins) that contain a small amount of cholesterol and carry cholesterol away from body cells and tissues to the liver for excretion from the body. Low-level HDL increases the risk of heart disease, so the higher the HDL level, the better. The HDL component normally contains 20 to 30 percent of total cholesterol, and HDL levels are inversely correlated with coronary heart disease risk. (references)
Technology	1: Hardware Description Language. (references)
	2: Harry Diamond Laboratories. (references)
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Expressions	Definition
HDL cholesterol	The cholesterol in high-density lipoproteins; the `good' cholesterol; a high level in the blood is thought to lower the risk of coronary artery disease. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Lipoproteins, HDL Cholesterol	Health	Cholesterol which is contained in or bound to high density lipoproteins (HDL). High density lipoproteins transport cholesterol from peripheral tissues to the liver thereby acting as a scavenger to prevent excess accumulation and deposition of cholesterol in blood vessels. (references)
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The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
HDL	Danish	Lipoprotein med høj densitet	Medicine
HDL	Dutch	Hoge-dichtheid-lipoproteïne	Medicine
HDL	English	High density lipoprotides	Chemistry, Medicine
HDL	Finnish	High density lipoprotein	Medicine
HDL	French	Lipoprotéine haute densité	Medicine
HDL	German	Lipoprotein höherer Dichte	Medicine
HDL	Italian	Lipoproteine ad alta densità	Chemistry
HDL	Portuguese	Lipoproteína de alta densidade	Medicine
HDL	Spanish	Lipoproteína de alta densidad	Medicine
HDL	Swedish	Tungt lipoprotein	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).				Top

HDL may refer to one of the following:

Hardware description language
High density lipoprotein
HDL (NDB), call sign of an non-directional beacon at Plankstadt, Germany.
Les Hurlements d'Léo, an alternative rock band from France.
The Halle du Livre, a library in Nancy, France (often abbreviated HdL with the "d" uncapitalised).
A German abbreviation of "Hab dich lieb", common in informal written communication, meaning "I love you" among friends rather than among lovers (see I love you).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "HDL". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: HDL
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
C to HDL	7	C to HDL	7
Flow to HDL	4	Flow to HDL	4
HDL	2	HDL	2
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"HDL" is a common misspelling or typo for: HCL, TDL, HDSL, HDO, HDLC, VHDL, HSL, BDL.

Synonym: HDL
Position	Synonym (sorted by strength)
Noun	lipoprotein.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis.		Top

Computed Synonyms: HDL

Rank	Intensity	Word	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	2.0178	HDL	high density lipoprotein
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Computed Expressions: HDL

Rank	Intensity	Expression	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	2.9989	HDL lipoprotein	high-density lipoprotein	high density lipoproteins
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified	高密度脂蛋白 (hdl). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, HDL. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional	高密度脂蛋白 (hdl). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, HDL. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	高比重リポタンパク質 (high density lipoprotein, HDL), 高密度リポタンパク質 (high density lipoprotein, HDL). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, HDL. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).		Top