lipid
pronunciation
How to pronounce lipid in British English:
UK [ˈlɪpɪd]
How to pronounce lipid in American English:
US ['lɪpɪd]
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- Noun:
- an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
Word Origin
- lipid
- lipid: see leave
- lipid (n.)
- "organic substance of the fat group," from French lipide, coined 1923 by G. Bertrand from Greek lipos "fat, grease" (see lipo-) + chemical suffix -ide.
Example
- 1. And fish products are particularly susceptible to oxidation processes because of the high unsaturated lipid content .
- 2. I wasn 't able to get a lipid test until week 3 but my triglycerides and cholesterol are certainly low now .
- 3. The problem of lipid damage , they believe , is linked to hormones produced not by the pancreas , but by adipose tissue itself .
- 4. The virus consists of ribonucleic acid ( rna ) , surrounded by a nucleocapsid ( red ) and a lipid envelope ( green ) .
- 5. Recent work has shown that when two such lipid layers encounter each other as the cells come into contact , a protein can form a passage between them , allowing chemical signalling molecules to pass .