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lipophore

lipophore noun: a lipochrome-containing chromatophore, usually a xanthophore.

Noun

lipophore (plural lipophores)

  1. A lipochrome-containing chromatophore, usually a xanthophore

Forms of lipophore

plurallipophores

Origin of lipophore

From lipo- + -phore.

Questions about lipophore

What does lipophore mean?
Lipophore means a lipochrome-containing chromatophore, usually a xanthophore.
What part of speech is lipophore?
Lipophore is a noun.
What is the plural of lipophore?
The plural of lipophore is lipophores.

Words near lipophore in the dictionary

  1. lipophilicities
  2. lipophilicity
  3. lipophobia
  4. lipophobic
  5. lipophobicity
  6. lipophore
  7. lipophores
  8. lipophorin
  9. lipophorins
  10. lipophosphoglycan
  11. lipophosphoglycans

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