cardiolipin

[ kahr-dee-oh-lip-in ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. a lipid purified from bovine heart and used as an antigen for reacting with reagin, the Wassermann antibody, in the Wassermann diagnostic test for syphilis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiolipin¹

First recorded in 1942; cardio- + lip(id) + -in ²