phosphatide

American

[fos-fuh-tahyd, -tid] / ˈfɒs fəˌtaɪd, -tɪd /

noun

Biochemistry.

phospholipid.

phosphatide British

/ ˈfɒsfəˌtaɪd /

noun

another name for phospholipid

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Etymology

Origin of phosphatide

1884; phosphate + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

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One of them, the phosphatide fraction, makes cells grow wildly and rapidly, giving the effect of cancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three good means of diagnosis for early tuberculosis exist: X-rays; tuberculin tests; precipitation of a suspect's blood serum by fatty phosphatide fractions of the tuberculosis germ.*

From Time Magazine Archive

This phosphatide is by far the best-known lipoid.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

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