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lipidolysis

lipidolysis is the alternative form of lipolysis.

Meaning of lipolysis

Noun

lipolysis (plural lipolyses)

  1. The hydrolysis of lipids.
  2. The reverse of lipogenesis in which stored fat is broken down.

Origin of lipidolysis

From lipid + -lysis.

Questions about lipidolysis

What is lipidolysis the alternative form of?
Lipidolysis is the alternative form of lipolysis.

Words near lipidolysis in the dictionary

  1. lipidoid
  2. lipidoids
  3. lipidologist
  4. lipidologists
  5. lipidology
  6. lipidolysis
  7. lipidome
  8. lipidomes
  9. lipidomic
  10. lipidomical
  11. lipidomics

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