English
epoxylipid
From epoxy- + lipid.
Formed from epoxy- + lipid
Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’
Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’
Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’
French lipide
English lipid
Today it means
noun Any lipid in which the double bond of an unsaturated fatty acid has been oxidised to an epoxide
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Etymograph / epoxylipid