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lipoamino acid

lipoamino acid noun: any of several classes of lipid, containing amino acid residues, with or without glycerol and/or fatty acid residues, but lacking a phosphate group, that are present in bacteria and similar organisms.

Noun

lipoamino acid (plural lipoamino acids)

  1. Any of several classes of lipid, containing amino acid residues, with or without glycerol and/or fatty acid residues, but lacking a phosphate group, that are present in bacteria and similar organisms

Forms of lipoamino acid

plurallipoamino acids

Origin of lipoamino acid

From lipo- + amino acid.

Questions about lipoamino acid

What does lipoamino acid mean?
Lipoamino acid means any of several classes of lipid, containing amino acid residues, with or without glycerol and/or fatty acid residues, but lacking a phosphate group, that are present in bacteria and similar organisms.
What part of speech is lipoamino acid?
Lipoamino acid is a noun.
What is the plural of lipoamino acid?
The plural of lipoamino acid is lipoamino acids.

Words near lipoamino acid in the dictionary

  1. lipoamidase
  2. lipoamidases
  3. lipoamide
  4. lipoamides
  5. lipoamino
  6. lipoamino acid
  7. lipoamino acids
  8. lipoapoptosis
  9. lipoapoptotic
  10. lipoarabinomanan
  11. lipoarabinomanann

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