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sphingoid

sphingoid adjective: derived from, or similar in structure to, sphingosine.

Adjective

sphingoid (not comparable)

  1. Derived from, or similar in structure to, sphingosine.

Noun

sphingoid (plural sphingoids)

  1. Any of a class of long-chain aliphatic amino alcohols related to sphingosine.

Forms of sphingoid

pluralsphingoids

Questions about sphingoid

What does sphingoid mean?
Sphingoid means derived from, or similar in structure to, sphingosine.
What part of speech is sphingoid?
Sphingoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sphingoid in the dictionary

  1. sphingobacterium
  2. sphingofungin
  3. sphingofungins
  4. sphingoglycolipid
  5. sphingoglycolipids
  6. sphingoid
  7. sphingoids
  8. sphingolipid
  9. sphingolipidology
  10. sphingolipidome
  11. sphingolipidomes

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