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lipoid
This entry is located in the following unit: -oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic (page 12)
lipoid, lipoidal, lipoidic, lipoidous
1. Fatlike; resembling fat; adipoid.
2. The former name for lipid, et al.
This entry is located in the following units: lipo-, lip-, -lipid, -lipoid, -lipoma, -lipomatous + (page 5) -oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic (page 12)
lipo-, lip-, -lipid, -lipoid, -lipoma, -lipomatous +
(Greek: fat, fatty)
myelin-, myelino- +
(Greek: lipoid substance (containing or resembling fat) sheathing certain nerve fibers; lipoid substance found in body tissue)