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lip⋅id

  [lip-id, lahy-pid]
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–noun Biochemistry.
any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with proteins and carbohydrates, the chief structural components of living cells.
Also, lip⋅ide  [lip-ahyd, -id, lahy-pahyd, -pid] .

Origin:
1920–25; lip- + -id 3
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lip·id   (lĭp'ĭd, lī'pĭd)   
n.  Any of a group of organic compounds, including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides, that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents, are oily to the touch, and together with carbohydrates and proteins constitute the principal structural material of living cells.

[French lipide : Greek lipos, fat; see lipo- + French -ide, -ide.]
lip·id'ic adj.
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Word Origin & History

lipid 
"organic substance of the fat group," from Fr. lipide, coined 1923 by G. Bertrand from Gk. lipos "fat, grease" (see leave (v.)) + chemical suffix -ide.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lip·id
Pronunciation: 'lip-&d
Variant: also lip·ide /-"Id/
Function: noun
: any of varioussubstances that are soluble in nonpolar organic solvents (as chloroform and ether), that with proteins and carbohydrates constitute the principal structural components of living cells, and that includefats, waxes, phospholipids, cerebrosides, and related and derived compounds
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lipid lip·id (lĭp'ĭd, lī'pĭd) or lip·ide (lĭp'īd', lī'pīd')
n.
Any of a group of organic compounds, including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides, that are insoluble in water but soluble in common organic solvents, are oily to the touch, and together with carbohydrates and proteins constitute the principal structural material of living cells.

lip·id'ic adj.

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