lipopolysaccharide

[ lahyp-oh-pol-ee-sak-uh-rahyd, -rid, lahy-poh- ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. any of a class of polysaccharides to which lipids are attached.

Origin of lipopolysaccharide

1
First recorded in 1950–55; lipo-1 + polysaccharide

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