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LIPID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lipid" is a kind of...):
macromolecule; supermolecule (any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lipid"):
fat (a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides))
triglyceride (glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body)
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
phospholipid (any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and phosphoric acid and a nitrogenous base; an important constituent of membranes)
wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)
Context examples:
Thus the team encapsulated the siRNAs in lipid nanoparticles for safer delivery.
(Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutic Treats Ebola in Monkeys, NIH)
This allele, which encodes medium-chain specific acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, mitochondrial protein, plays a role in lipid oxidation.
(ACADM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the biosynthesis of lipids.
(ACSL6 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Wax esters are also an important lipid in the oceans worldwide, at times storing at least half the carbon produced by plant-like marine organisms.
(Whales may owe their efficient digestion to millions of tiny microbes, National Science Foundation)
A finding that indicates the accumulation of lipids in tissues.
(Adipose Tissue Deposition, NCI Thesaurus)
However, the researchers did not identify any relationship between sedentary time or physical activity levels and glycaemic and lipid markers.
(A new study highlights the importance of undertaking physical activity of moderate–vigorous intensity during the early weeks of pregnancy, University of Granada)
This allele, which encodes long-chain-fatty-acid—CoA ligase 3 protein, plays a role in the mediation of lipid biosynthesis.
(ACSL3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Levels of certain types of lipids (fats) that circulate throughout the body have been linked to heart disease risk.
(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)
Some proteins live inside the cell, and some reside on the cell's membrane, an outer layer of lipids that separates the cell from its external environment.
(Study shows limitations of method for determining protein structure, National Science Foundation)
Miltefosine targets cellular membranes, modulating cell membrane permeability, membrane lipid composition, phospholipid metabolism, and mitogenic signal transduction, resulting in cell differentiation and inhibition of cell growth.
(Miltefosine, NCI Thesaurus)
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