lipid en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɪpɪd/
- /ˈlɪpəd/ weak vowel merger
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusbor. French -ide French lipidebor. English lipid Borrowed from French lipide, coined in 1923 by Gabriel Bertrand from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”) + French -ide.
Meanings
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Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water.
Without lipids your body eats your fat and then your muscles, and the brain is pure fat and the heart is a muscle. You become a feedback loop, and then you fall over.
2009, Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood, Virago Press (2020), page 384:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lipids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
intralipid · delipidize · lipidogenic · hydrolipid · glycerolipid · sulfolipid · chlorolipid · dyslipidemia · biolipid · delipidate · saccharolipid · arsenolipid · lipidoid · glycopeptidolipid · lipidaceous · lipidation · hypolipidemia · fibrolipid · cyanolipid · archaeolipid · nucleolipid · sulpholipid · lipidolysis · phospholipid · aminolipid · lipidosis · hyperlipidemia · antilipid · lipidome · mycolipid · epoxylipid · geolipid · proteolipid · glucolipid · nonlipid · glycolipid · reinforced lipid · lipidized · bilipid · guggulipid · lipidostasis · lipidogram · lipidopathy · phytolipid · chlorosulfolipid · oncolipid · lipiduria · glycosyllipid · galactolipid · lipidated · chromolipid · exolipid · heterolipid · lipidic · lipidophilic · lysolipid · lipidology · glycerophospholipid · lipoplatin · lipidemia · phosphoglycerolipid · nitrolipid · lipidomics
Descendants
Translations (42)
pt lípido (organic compound) · ga lipid (organic compound) · ca lípid (organic compound) · sv lipid (organic compound) · ko 지질 (organic compound) · yue 脂質 /脂质 (organic compound) · et lipiid (organic compound) · it lipide (organic compound) · cmn 脂類 /脂类 (organic compound) · nl lipide (organic compound) · pl lipid (organic compound) · ro lipidă (organic compound) · fr lipide (organic compound) · tpi gris (organic compound) · fi lipidi (organic compound) · io lipido (organic compound) · kmr çewrî (organic compound) · ms lipid (organic compound) · ar لِيبِيد (organic compound) · yue 脂類 /脂类 (organic compound) · kmr lîpîd (organic compound) · pl lipoid (organic compound) · pt lipídio (organic compound) · hi वसा (organic compound) · km តេលិកា (organic compound) · es lípido (organic compound) · et rasv (organic compound) · ru липи́д (organic compound) · ja 脂質 (organic compound) · eo lipido (organic compound) · mi ngako (organic compound) · cs lipid (organic compound) · ar دُهْنِيَّة (organic compound) · ar لِيبِيد (organic compound) · is lípíð (organic compound) · da lipid (organic compound) · hu lipid (organic compound) · km លីពីត (organic compound) · id lipida (organic compound) · de Lipid (organic compound) · ja リピド (organic compound) · cmn 脂質 /脂质 (organic compound)