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lipyl

lipyl noun: glyceryl.

Noun

lipyl (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) glyceryl
    • Oxide of lipyl, though a hypothetical body, is of far more importance than any of the preceding bases.1860, George Edward Day, Chemistry in its relations to physiology and medicine

Origin of lipyl

By surface analysis, lip- + -yl; coined by Berzelius.

Questions about lipyl

What does lipyl mean?
Lipyl means glyceryl.
What part of speech is lipyl?
Lipyl is a noun.

Words near lipyl in the dictionary

  1. Liptsy
  2. lipuria
  3. lipurias
  4. lipuric
  5. lipwork
  6. lipyl
  7. Lipănești
  8. liq.
  9. liqa
  10. liqa sto
  11. liqcoumarin

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