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lipogenase

lipogenase is the alternative form of lipoxygenase.

Meaning of lipoxygenase

Noun

lipoxygenase (plural lipoxygenases)

  1. Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids
    Synonyms:
    lipoxidase, LOX

Forms of lipogenase

plurallipogenases

Questions about lipogenase

What is lipogenase the alternative form of?
Lipogenase is the alternative form of lipoxygenase.

Words near lipogenase in the dictionary

  1. lipofuscinosis
  2. lipofuscins
  3. lipofusin
  4. lipogel
  5. lipogels
  6. lipogenase
  7. lipogenases
  8. lipogeneses
  9. lipogenesis
  10. lipogenetic
  11. lipogenic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lipogenase (page history and authors); lipoxygenase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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