Usually means: Molecules storing energy, forming membranes.
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  1. lipid: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lipid: Merriam-Webster
  3. lipid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lipid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lipid: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lipid: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lipid, lipid: Wordnik
  8. lipid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lipid: Wiktionary
  10. lipid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lipid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lipid: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lipid: Dictionary.com
  14. lipid: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Lipid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. lipid: Rhymezone
  17. lipid: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. lipid: FreeDictionary.org
  19. lipid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. lipid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Lipid: Health & Beauty Glossary
  2. -lipid: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. lipid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. lipid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lipid: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Lipid: Diabetes Dictionary
  6. Lipid: Merck Manuals
  7. Lipid: Diabetes
  8. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
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  10. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  11. lipid: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  12. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  13. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  14. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  15. lipid: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  16. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  17. lipid: Medical dictionary
  18. Lipid: Drug Medical Dictionary
  19. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Lipid: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  3. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

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  1. lipid: Urban Dictionary

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  2. Lipid: Beauty & Health Glossary
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See lipidic as well.)

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noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.

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