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lipochitin

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Etymology

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From lipo- +‎ chitin.

Noun

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lipochitin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of oligosaccharides consisting of chitin having a fatty acid group attached to the nitrogen of the non-reducing terminus