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Definition of Ceramide

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A lipid composed of sphingosine and a fatty acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ceramide

1. any of various lipids [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ceramide

1. An N acyl sphingosine, the lipid moiety of glycosphingolipids. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Ceramide

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1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Blood from each patient was assayed periodically for ceramide ... The hemizygous patients selected for this investigation had the characteristic ceramide ..."

2. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States: Annotated for Statistical ...edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun (2006)
"... ß-D-galactopyranosyl-(1,4)-ß-D-glucopyranosyl]ceramide 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-ß-D-glucopyranose ..."

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