See Also: lipo-(medicine)
lipo-(dictionary)
Lipo gantrisin(health)
Lipo-hepin(health)

menses (oh) and lipo- (iou)


menses (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: 'months']
medical the blood that flows out of a woman's body each month

lipo- (iou)



lipo- combining form. Before a vowel lip-.
[from Greek lipos fat: see -O-.]
Chiefly Biochemistry & Medicine. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense 'fat, lipid'.
lipochrome noun any naturally occurring pigment which is soluble in fats or fat solvents L19.
lipo'dystrophy noun any of various disorders of fat metabolism or of the distribution of fat in the body E20.
lipo'fuscin noun any of various brownish pigments, esp. those deposited in certain body tissues during old age E20.
lipo'genesis noun the metabolic formation of fat L19.
li'polysis noun the hydrolytic breakdown of fat E20.
lipo'lytic adjective having the property of decomposing or hydrolysing fats L19.
lipo'lytically adverb as regards lipolysis E20.
lipophile,
lipo'philic adjectives having an affinity for lipids; readily dissolving, or soluble in, lipids: M20.
lipo'phobic adjective tending to repel lipids; not readily soluble in lipids: M20.
lipopoly'saccharide noun a complex molecule containing both lipid and polysaccharide parts M20.
lipoprotein noun any of a group of proteins, present esp. in blood plasma and lymph, that have a molecule including a lipid component E20.
liposar'coma noun, pl. -mas, -mata , a sarcoma of fatty tissue L19.