nonsterol means any organic compound that is not a sterol (but typically, having a somewhat similar structure). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From non- + sterol.
noun
- Any organic compound that is not a sterol (but typically, having a somewhat similar structure)“Once ubiquitinated, reductase becomes dislocated from ER membranes into the cytosol for degradation by 26 S proteasomes through poorly defined reactions mediated by the AAA-ATPase valosin-containing protein (VCP)/p97 and augmented by the nonsterol isoprenoid geranylgeraniol.”