See Also: lipoic(dictionary)
lipoic acid(medicine)

mutiny (oh) and lipoic (iou)


mutiny (oh)



[U and C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: mutine 'to refuse to obey' (16-17 centuries), from French mutiner, from meute 'refusal to obey', from Latin movere 'to move']
when soldiers, sailors, etc refuse to obey the person who is in charge of them, and try to take control for themselves
mutiny against
::He led a mutiny against the captain.
-- mutiny v [I]
::The soldiers had mutinied over the non-payment of wages.

lipoic (iou)



lipoic adjective. M20.
[from LIPO- + -IC.]
Biochemistry. lipoic acid, a sulphur-containing cyclic carboxylic acid, C8H14O2S2, which is a cofactor in the metabolic decarboxylation of pyruvate.
lipoate noun a salt or ester of lipoic acid M20.