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Why is hdl named so?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

HDL, or High Density Lipoprotein (also known as "good cholesterol") gets its name because it has the highest density (and smallest size) of the five major types of lipoproteins due to having the highest proportion of protein to cholesterol.

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