lipoid

English

Etymology

lip- + -oid

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪpɔɪd/

Adjective

lipoid

  1. Of pertaining to fat.
    • 1984, Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady:
      She advertised the lipoid virtues of what he had heard called junkfood, presumably food for junkies, whom, living in Tangiers, he knew all about.

Noun

lipoid (plural lipoids)

  1. A lipid or other substance resembling fat

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lipoïde.

Adjective

lipoid m or n (feminine singular lipoidă, masculine plural lipoizi, feminine and neuter plural lipoide)

  1. lipoidal

Declension

Noun

lipoid f (plural lipoizi)

  1. lipoid
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