| var. of lipo- 1 before a vowel: lipectomy, libase, lipemia. |
| a combining form meaning “fat,” used in the formation of compound words: lipolysis. |
| lip- pref. Variant of lipo-. |
| lipo- or lip- pref.
[From Greek lipos, fat; see leip- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from lipid.] |
lip- pref.
Variant of lipo-.
lipo- or lip-
pref.
Fat; fatty; fatty tissue: lipolysis.