lipoid

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English

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Etymology

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lip- +‎ -oid

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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lipoid (plural lipoids)

  1. A lipid or other substance resembling fat

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lipoïde.

Adjective

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

  1. lipoidal

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Noun

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lipoid f (plural lipoizi)

  1. lipoid