Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A lipid.
  • noun Any of various substances, such as lecithin, that resemble fat.
  • adjective Resembling fat; fatty.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the appearance of fat.
  • noun The fat of the nerve-cells. It consists chiefly of cholesterol and lecithin.

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  • adjective pertaining to fat
  • noun A lipid or other substance resembling fat

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

Etymologies

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Formed from Greek λίπος ‘fat’.

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Examples

  • The 44-year-old mother of three, referred to in the journal Current Biology as SM, has a rare psychological impairment due to a genetic disease called lipoid proteinosis that left holes where her amygdala - the brain's danger detector - would normally reside.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2010

  • Patient SM, due to a rare condition called lipoid proteinosis has holes where her amygdala would normally reside.

    NYT > Home Page By SINDYA N. BHANOO 2010

  • When the toxic substance is an oil, the pneumonia may be called lipoid pneumonia.

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  • Oils, such as mineral or olive oil, once advocated to increase the viscosity of the hydrocarbon, are no longer recommended because of the risk for lipoid pneumonia. 9

    Hydrocarbon Ingestion 2010

  • In rare cases, long-term use of petroleum jelly in the nose can lead to a condition called exogenous lipoid pneumonia, which stems from the inhalation of fat molecules over time.

    Q&A: Petroleum jelly risks? 2010

  • In rare cases, long-term use of petroleum jelly in the nose can lead to a condition called exogenous lipoid pneumonia, which stems from the inhalation of fat molecules over time.

    Q&A: Petroleum jelly risks? 2010

  • The concentrate is then heated to 50°C which results in the separation of lipoid and other materials, which are removed by filtration.

    Frederick G. Banting - Nobel Lecture 1965

  • These results led Stepp to suspect the existence of an unidentified factor but he was unable to identify it as a lipoid.

    The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy

  • Dam and the American investigator Almquist showed almost simultaneously that activity follows the non-saponifiable lipoid fraction.

    Physiology or Medicine 1943 - Presentation Speech 1944

  • The epithelial cells are polyhedral in shape and possess rounded nuclei; many of the cells contain coarse granules, others lipoid globules.

    XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Chromaphil and Cortical Systems 1918

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