Etymograph

English

macrolipase

From macro- + lipase.

Formed from macro- + lipase

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

French lipase

English lipase

Today it means

noun A macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / macrolipase