lipid
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French lipide, coined 1923 by Gabriel Bertrand from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lípos, “animal fat”) + French -ide.
Pronunciation
Noun
lipid (plural lipids)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.
Derived terms
- aminolipid
- antilipid
- archaeolipid
- arsenolipid
- bilipid
- biolipid
- chlorolipid
- chlorosulfolipid
- chromolipid
- cyanolipid
- delipidize
- dyslipidemia
- epoxylipid
- exolipid
- galactolipid
- geolipid
- glucolipid
- glycerolipid
- glycerophospholipid
- glycolipid
- glycopeptidolipid
- glycosyllipid
- guggulipid
- heterolipid
- hydrolipid
- hyperlipidemia
- hypolipidemia
- intralipid
- lipidaceous
- lipidated
- lipidation
- lipidemia
- lipidic
- lipidized
- lipidogenic
- lipidogram
- lipidoid
- lipidology
- lipidolysis
- lipidome
- lipidomics
- lipidopathy
- lipidophilic
- lipidosis
- lipidostasis
- lipiduria
- lipoplatin
- lysolipid
- mycolipid
- nitrolipid
- nonlipid
- nucleolipid
- oncolipid
- phosphoglycerolipid
- phospholipid
- phytolipid
- proteolipid
- saccharolipid
- sulfolipid
- sulpholipid
Translations
organic compound
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Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
lipid m inan
Declension
Further reading
- lipid in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- lipid in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Noun
lipid n (singular definite lipidet, plural indefinite lipider)
Declension
Declension of lipid
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lipid | lipidet | lipider | lipiderne |
| genitive | lipids | lipidets | lipiders | lipidernes |
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English, from French lipide.
Noun
lipid f (genitive singular lipide, nominative plural lipidí)
Declension
Declension of lipid
Derived terms
- fosfailipid (“phospholipid”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lipid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “lipid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Swedish
Noun
lipid n
Declension
| Declension of lipid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lipid | lipiden | lipider | lipiderna |
| Genitive | lipids | lipidens | lipiders | lipidernas |
Derived terms
- fosfolipid (“phospholipid”)