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lipoid, a. and n.|ˈlɪpɔɪd| [f. Gr. λίπ-ος fat + -oid.] A. adj. Resembling fat.
1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 349 A peculiar ‘lipoid transformation’ of a fœtus. 1907Biochem. Jrnl. II. 22 The lipöid material being mainly composed of an ester of cholesterin. 1946Nature 13 July 41/1 Solution of the odorous substance in the lipoid or aqueous phase of these flagellæ is, therefore, the point from which all theories of osmic perception must proceed. 1974Ibid. 1 Feb. 301/1 The uterine or milk glands in tsetse flies..release a nutritive liquid of proteinaceous and lipoid nature for the maturing intrauterine larva. B. n. [a. G. lipoïd (E. Overton Studien über die Narkose (1901) 54).] a. Any fat-like substance other than a true fat. b. = lipid.
1906Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XC. ii. 780 (heading) The influence of diffusibility and the solubility of lipoids on the rate of intestinal absorption. 1912Biochem. Bull. I. 51 Fats and the substances resembling them (‘lipoids’). 1925[see lipid 1]. 1932I. Smedley-MacLean in Ann. Rev. Biochem. I. 135 The term lipoid is retained..to denote the ether-soluble constituents of a tissue, without regard to their nature. 1946W. R. Fearon Introd. Biochem. (ed. 3) x. 173 Lipoids.—These are biological compounds resembling the lipides in certain physical properties, notably solubility in fats. 1952[see lipin]. 1955Gaiger & Davies Vet. Path. & Bacteriol. (ed. 4) i. 6 All the normal body tissues contain fat in one form or another, the chief forms being neutral fat, fatty acids, soaps and lipoids (lecithin, cholesterol and myelin). 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Jan. 34/1 Living matter consists essentially of carbohydrates (or ‘sugars’), lipoids (or ‘fats’) and proteins. 1971Nature 9 July 138/3 ‘Lipoid’ is used instead of the more usual ‘lipid’ throughout [the book]. |