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LIPOPHILIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an affinity for lipids
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
oleophilic (having a strong affinity for oils rather than water)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Context examples:
This protein may play a role in both the transport of lipophilic ligands and the regulation of inflammation.
(Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase positive, slow growing, urease positive, and lipophilic.
(Corynebacterium bovis, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, pyrazinamidase positive, non-lipophilic, reduces nitrate, urease positive, does not ferment glucose, sucrose, or maltose, and is reverse CAMP positive.
(Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase and pyrazinamidase positive, oxidase and urease negative, non-lipophilic, does not reduce nitrate, nor hydrolyze esculin, but does hydrolyze hippurate, and ferments glucose.
(Corynebacterium argentoratense, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase and urease positive, oxidase negative, non-acid fast, non-lipophilic, and does not produce hippurate.
(Corynebacterium amycolatum, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, pyrazinamidase positive, reduces nitrate, urease negative, lipophilic, ferments glucose, but does not hydrolyze esculin.
(Corynebacterium accolens, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally bioavailable, lipophilic, copper-binding, halogenated 8-hydroxyquinoline with antifungal, antiparasitic and potential antitumor activities.
(Clioquinol, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt of delapril, a lipophilic, non-sulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.
(Delapril Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A lipophilic, non-sulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.
(Delapril, NCI Thesaurus)
A sustained release (SR) implant wafer containing the lipophilic nitrosourea carmustine (BCNU) with antineoplastic activity.
(Carmustine Sustained-Release Implant Wafer, NCI Thesaurus)
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