Word.ws English Dictionary

perilipin

perilipin noun: any of a family of proteins that associate with the surface of lipid droplets, and whose phosphorylation is essential for the mobilization of fats in adipose tissue.

Noun

perilipin (countable and uncountable, plural perilipins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins that associate with the surface of lipid droplets, and whose phosphorylation is essential for the mobilization of fats in adipose tissue.

Forms of perilipin

pluralperilipins

Origin of perilipin

From peri- + lipo- + -in.

Questions about perilipin

What does perilipin mean?
Perilipin means any of a family of proteins that associate with the surface of lipid droplets, and whose phosphorylation is essential for the mobilization of fats in adipose tissue.
What part of speech is perilipin?
Perilipin is a noun.
What is the plural of perilipin?
The plural of perilipin is perilipins.

Words near perilipin in the dictionary

  1. perilimbal
  2. periliminal
  3. periling
  4. perilingual
  5. perilingually
  6. perilipin
  7. perilipins
  8. perilithon
  9. perill
  10. perilla
  11. perillaldehyde

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: perilipin (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “perilipin.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/perilipin. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.