lipoid
Also lip·oi·dal. fatty; resembling fat.
a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
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How to use lipoid in a sentence
A lipoid suspension to release it slowly into the bloodstream and give the irritation time to subside.
The Syndic | C.M. KornbluthThe absence from the latter organs shows that the lipoid solubility does not obtain in the body.
In refractory cases benefit has followed the subcutaneous injection of lipoid solution containing tin.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesSome writers, who object to the word "lipoid" as a group name, prefer to call these substances the "fat-like bodies."
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherThe result was a condition almost exactly like pneumonia, called "lipoid pneumonia."
The Wailing Octopus | Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for lipoid
/ (ˈlɪpɔɪd, ˈlaɪ-) /
resembling fat; fatty
a fatlike substance, such as wax
biochem a former name for lipid
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