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antilipoid

antilipoid noun: a substance that destroys or degrades lipoids.

Noun

antilipoid (plural antilipoids)

  1. A substance that destroys or degrades lipoids.
    • […] its peculiar behavior toward the lipoids suggests strongly that it is a product of the toxic action of the causal parasite upon the lipoids of the body-cells and is in the nature of an antilipoid.1915, John Albert Kolmer, A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy, page 247
    • Lipoids, which are autogenous in the circulation, when injected with hog serum, produce formation of antilipoids in the rabbit.1928, U.S. Public Health Service, Venereal Disease Information, page 49

Forms of antilipoid

pluralantilipoids

Origin of antilipoid

From anti- + lipoid.

Questions about antilipoid

What does antilipoid mean?
Antilipoid means a substance that destroys or degrades lipoids.
What part of speech is antilipoid?
Antilipoid is a noun.
What is the plural of antilipoid?
The plural of antilipoid is antilipoids.

Words near antilipoid in the dictionary

  1. antilipidemic
  2. antilipidemics
  3. antilipo
  4. antilipoapoptotic
  5. antilipogenic
  6. antilipoid
  7. antilipoids
  8. antilipolysis
  9. antilipolytic
  10. antilipopolysaccharide
  11. antilipos

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