Sphingoid
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sphingoid is an adjective meaning (organic chemistry) Derived from, or similar in structure to, sphingosine.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Derived from, or similar in structure to, sphingosine.
More Meanings
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of long-chain aliphatic amino alcohols related to sphingosine.
Word Forms
- sphingoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spingoid, syringic, glycerophosphatidic, oligosialic, pyranosic, sulfosalicylic.
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