English Explanatory Dictionary

lipid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪpɪd/ /ˈlɪpəd/ en-us-lipid.ogg

Word forms

lipid lipids

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.

Derived words

aminolipid antilipid archaeolipid arsenolipid bilipid biolipid chlorolipid chlorosulfolipid chromolipid cyanolipid delipidize dyslipidemia epoxylipid exolipid galactolipid geolipid glucolipid glycerolipid glycerophospholipid glycolipid glycopeptidolipid glycosyllipid guggulipid heterolipid hydrolipid hyperlipidemia hypolipidemia intralipid lipidaceous lipidated lipidation lipidemia lipidic lipidized lipidogenic lipidogram lipidoid lipidology lipidolysis lipidome lipidomics lipidopathy lipidophilic lipidosis lipidostasis lipiduria lipoplatin lysolipid mycolipid nitrolipid nonlipid nucleolipid oncolipid phosphoglycerolipid phospholipid phytolipid proteolipid reinforced lipid saccharolipid sulfolipid

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