English Explanatory Dictionary

lipo-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. lipids: oils, cholesterols, fat/lard, tallow, and so on.
  2. fat specifically, as:
  3. The form of lipid.
  4. Fat tissue or fat cells, which contain such lipids.
prefix
  1. lacking

Word forms

lipo- lip-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)der. English lipo- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Greek combining form, from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”).

Related words

lipid adipo-

Derived words

lipomeningocele lipomyelomeningocele lipography
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