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Lipoid

//ˈlɪpɔɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of pertaining to fat.

    "She advertised the lipoid virtues of what he had heard called junkfood, presumably food for junkies, whom, living in Tangiers, he knew all about."

Noun
  1. 1
    A lipid or other substance resembling fat
  2. 2
    an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lip- + -oid.

Etymology 2

From lip- + -oid.

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