LDL is called low-density lipoprotein because LDL particles tend to be less dense than other kinds of cholesterol particles. HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) is often termed the âgoodâ cholesterol while LDL-C is usually termed the âbadâ cholesterol.
Learner's definition of CACAO. [noncount] : the dried seeds of a tropical tree that are used to make cocoa and chocolate. a farmer who grows cacao. a cacao-producing region.
uncountable noun. 1  Cacao seeds are the seeds of a tropical tree, from which cocoa and chocolate are made. 2  a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, having yellowish flowers and reddish-brown seed pods from which cocoa and chocolate are prepared: family Sterculiaceae.