glycolipid

[ glahy-kuh-lip-id ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.

Origin of glycolipid

1
First recorded in 1935–40; glyco- + lipid

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British Dictionary definitions for glycolipid

glycolipid

/ (ˌɡlaɪkəʊˈlɪpɪd) /


noun
  1. any of a group of lipids containing a carbohydrate group, commonly glucose or galactose

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