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lipofuscin

American

[lip-uh-fuhs-in, lahy-puh-] / ˌlɪp əˈfʌs ɪn, ˌlaɪ pə- /

noun

Biochemistry.

any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.

Etymology

Origin of lipofuscin

1920–25; < German, equivalent to lipo- lipo- ¹ + Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny + German -in -in ²

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Additionally, dExPath effectively eliminated fluorescent signals in brain tissue called lipofuscin, which makes imaging of subcellular structures in brain tissues very difficult, further enhancing image quality.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

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