Etherlipid
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Etherlipid is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) Any lipid in which one or more long-chain entities are attached to the glycerol by an ether rather than an ester linkage.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Any lipid in which one or more long-chain entities are attached to the glycerol by an ether rather than an ester linkage.
Word Forms
- etherlipids
- ether lipid
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include etherphospholipid, glycerolipid, epoxylipid, hydroxylipid, glyceroacylphospholipid, glyceroglycolipid.
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