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lipids

lipids is the plural of lipid.

Meaning of lipid

Noun

lipid (plural lipids)

  1. Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water.
    • Without lipids your body eats your fat and then your muscles, and the brain is pure fat and the heart is a muscle. You become a feedback loop, and then you fall over.2009, Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood, Virago Press (2020), page 384

Phrases with lipids

Questions about lipids

What is lipids the plural of?
Lipids is the plural of lipid.

Words near lipids in the dictionary

  1. lipidosity
  2. lipidosome
  3. lipidosomes
  4. lipidostasis
  5. lipidous
  6. lipids
  7. lipiduria
  8. Lipik
  9. Lipilip
  10. lipin
  11. lipinic

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