lipid
noun/ˈlɪpɪd/ · /ˈlɪpəd/
Etymology Borrowed from French lipide, coined in 1923 by Gabriel Bertrand from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”) + French -ide.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water.
- Without lipids your body eats your fat and then your muscles, and the brain is pure fat and the heart is a muscle. You become a feedback loop, and then you fall over.2009, Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood, Virago Press (2020), page 384:
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