ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include etherphospholipid, glycerolipid, epoxylipid, hydroxylipid, glyceroacylphospholipid, glyceroglycolipid.

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