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lipochitin

lipochitin noun: any of a family of oligosaccharides consisting of chitin having a fatty acid group attached to the nitrogen of the non-reducing terminus.

Noun

lipochitin (uncountable)

  1. Any of a family of oligosaccharides consisting of chitin having a fatty acid group attached to the nitrogen of the non-reducing terminus

Origin of lipochitin

From lipo- + chitin.

Questions about lipochitin

What does lipochitin mean?
Lipochitin means any of a family of oligosaccharides consisting of chitin having a fatty acid group attached to the nitrogen of the non-reducing terminus.
What part of speech is lipochitin?
Lipochitin is a noun.

Words near lipochitin in the dictionary

  1. lipocarbohydrate
  2. lipocarbohydrates
  3. lipocardiac
  4. lipocatabolic
  5. lipocentric
  6. lipochitin
  7. lipochitooligosaccharide
  8. lipochitooligosaccharides
  9. lipocholesterol
  10. lipochondrium
  11. lipochrin

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