lipoid

English

Etymology

From lip- +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪpɔɪd/

Adjective

lipoid

1. Of pertaining to fat.
   • 1984, Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady:

     She advertised the lipoid virtues of what he had heard called junkfood, presumably food for junkies, whom, living in Tangiers, he knew all about.

Noun

lipoid (plural lipoids)

1. A lipid or other substance resembling fat

Derived terms

• antilipoid
• lipoidemia

Translations

A lipid

• Finnish: lipoidi
• Galician: lipoide (gl) m
• Italian: lipoide m

Anagrams

• piloid

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lipoïde.

Adjective

lipoid m or n (feminine singular lipoidă, masculine plural lipoizi, feminine and neuter plural lipoide)

1. lipoidal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lipoid		lipoidă		lipoizi	lipoide
	definite	lipoidul		lipoida		lipoizii	lipoidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lipoid		lipoide		lipoizi	lipoide
	definite	lipoidului		lipoidei		lipoizilor	lipoidelor

Noun

lipoid f (plural lipoizi)

1. lipoid