lipo-
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English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Greek combining form, from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lípos, “animal fat”).
Prefix
[edit]lipo-
- (biology, medicine, usually) lipids: oils, cholesterols, fat/lard, tallow, and so on.
- fat specifically, as:
- The form of lipid.
- Fat tissue or fat cells, which contain such lipids.
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “to leave, be lacking”).
Prefix
[edit]lipo-
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lípos, “animal fat”).
Prefix
[edit]lipo-
Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lípos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /li.pɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ipɔ
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Prefix
[edit]lipo-
- lipo-
- lipo- + proteina → lipoproteina
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- lipo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
[edit]Prefix
[edit]lipo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lipo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyp-
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- Rhymes:Polish/ipɔ
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