lipid

English

/ˈlɪpɪd/

noun

Definitions

(organic compound) 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lipide (lipid) derived from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (animal fat).

Origin

Ancient Greek

λῐ́πος

Gloss

animal fat

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-o- English
aminolipid English
aminophospholipid English
antilipid English
antiphospholipid English
arabinoglycerolipid English
archaeolipid English
arsenolipid English
bilipid English
biolipid English
chlorolipid English
chlorosulfolipid English
chromolipid English
cyanolipid English
delipidation English
delipidize English
epoxylipid English
exolipid English
galactoglycerolipid English
galactolipid English
glucolipid English
glycero- English
glyceroglycolipid English
glycerolipid English
glycerophospholipid English
glycoglycerolipid English
glycolipid English
glycolipidic English
glycolipidomics English
glycolipidosis English
glycopeptide English
glycopeptidolipid English
glycophospholipid English
glycosyl English
glycosyllipid English
hydrolipid English
hydrolipidic English
hyperlipidic English
hypolipidemia English
inositolphospholipid English
intralipid English
isolipidic English
lipidaceous English
lipidated English
lipidation English
lipidemia English
lipidic English
lipidized English
lipidogenic English
lipidogram English
lipidoid English
lipidologist English
lipidology English
lipidolysis English
lipidomics English
lipidopathy English
lipidophilic English
lipidosis English
lipiduria English
lipo- English
lysogalactolipid English
lysoglycerophospholipid English
lysolipid English
lysophospholipid English
neoglycolipid English
neurolipidomics English
neurolipidosis English
nitrolipid English
nonlipid English
nonlipidated English
normolipidemia English
normolipidic English
nucleolipid English
oncolipid English
oxylipidomics English
peptidoglycolipid English
phospho- English
phosphoglycerolipid English
phosphoglycolipid English
phospholipid English
phospholipidase English
phospholipidic English
phospholipidome English
phospholipidomics English
phospholipidosis English
proteoglycolipid English
proteolipid English
proteolipidic English
relipidated English
relipidation English
saccharolipid English
sialoglycolipid English
sphingoglycolipid English
sphingophospholipid English
sulfoglycolipid English
sulfolipid English
sulpholipid English
unlipidated English
Lipid German
lipide Italian
glycolipide French
lipide French
lipidique French
phospholipide French
λῐ́πος Ancient Greek
リピド Japanese
lipid Irish
lipido Esperanto