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lipoid

American  
[lip-oid, lahy-poid] / ˈlɪp ɔɪd, ˈlaɪ pɔɪd /

adjective

  1. Also lipoidal. fatty; resembling fat.


noun

  1. a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.

  2. lipid.

lipoid British  
/ ˈlɪpɔɪd, ˈlaɪ- /

adjective

  1. resembling fat; fatty

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a fatlike substance, such as wax

  2. biochem a former name for lipid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of lipoid

First recorded in 1875–80; lip- + -oid

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Callahan was among doctors who have described the illness as lipoid pneumonia.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2019

The illnesses could include lipoid pneumonia and could result in severe lung injury and a very serious condition known as acute respiratory distress syndrome.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2019

Some patients are suffering from another condition known as lipoid pneumonia, doctors said.

From New York Times Aug. 31, 2019

By temporarily disconnecting the lipoid from the nerve he believes that he interrupts transmission of pain during drilling in the dentine.

From Time Magazine Archive

The result was a condition almost exactly like pneumonia, called "lipoid pneumonia."

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

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