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lipoid
[ lip-oid, lahy-poid ]
adjective
- Also lip·oidal. fatty; resembling fat.
noun
- a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
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A lipoid suspension to release it slowly into the bloodstream and give the irritation time to subside.
The absence from the latter organs shows that the lipoid solubility does not obtain in the body.
In refractory cases benefit has followed the subcutaneous injection of lipoid solution containing tin.
Some writers, who object to the word "lipoid" as a group name, prefer to call these substances the "fat-like bodies."
The result was a condition almost exactly like pneumonia, called "lipoid pneumonia."
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