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noun

lipid

an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with lipid, each labelled with its topic.

  • The panel came back with a lipid reading well above the range, so the doctor scheduled a review in March.

    Medicine

  • Butter and olive oil carry flavours that water cannot, because so many aromatic molecules dissolve only in a lipid.

    Cooking

  • Every membrane is a lipid sheet two molecules thick, and it keeps the salty interior of a neuron separate from outside.

    Science

  • After six months of rowing his lipid panel improved enough that the doctor dropped the idea of medication.

    Fitness

  • The vaccine wraps its fragile payload in a tiny lipid bubble that melts away once it reaches a cell.

    Technology

  • Some algae store so much lipid that engineers press the cells for oil and refine it into diesel.

    Environment

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