Definition of Lipide

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

Exact synonyms: Lipid, Lipoid
Specialized synonyms: Fat, Triglyceride, Oil, Phospholipid, Wax
Generic synonyms: Macromolecule, Supermolecule

Definition of Lipide

1. lipid [n -S] - See also: lipid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipide

lipid bilayer
lipid bilayers
lipid granulomatosis
lipid histiocytosis
lipid keratopathy
lipid mobilization
lipid peroxidation
lipid peroxides
lipid pneumonia
lipid profile
lipid storage diseases
lipidaemia
lipidated
lipidation
lipidations
lipide (current term)
lipidemia
lipidemic
lipides
lipidic
lipidoid
lipidoids
lipidologist
lipidologists
lipidology
lipidolytic
lipidome
lipidomes
lipidomic
lipidomics

Literary usage of Lipide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The following saints are specially venerated in the diocese: St. lipide, martyr (third century); the preacher St. Verán, Bishop of Cavaillon, ..."

2. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1898)
"... lipide : date opérant modo, " I'll bounce Mr. Bouncer." It seems from this pun that the popular derivation of Ballio was from ..."

3. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1911)
"lipide, Domestic scenes ; JL de Marne (1774-1829), 462. Soldiers revelling, 469. The elixir; 477. LM Van Loo, Louis XV. — 6, 11. Secretaires with plaques of ..."

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