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Lipoid

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Noun

1. lipid, lipide, lipoid

an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lipoid

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adjective also: lipoidal
1. 
resembling fat; fatty
noun
2. 
a fatlike substance, such as wax
3. biochemistry a former name for lipid

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Lipoid

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adjective
1.  Biochemistry and Chemistry
resembling fat
: also liˈpoidal (lɪˈpɔɪdəl ; lipoidˈ'l; laɪˈpɔɪdəl ; līpoidˈ'l)
noun
2. 
lipid

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lipoid

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n.
1. A lipid.
2. Any of various substances, such as lecithin, that resemble fat.
adj. also li·poi·dal (lĭ-poidl, lī-)
Resembling fat; fatty.

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