Usually means: Lipid component in cell membranes.
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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) a phospholipid, derived from sphingosine and choline, found in nerve tissue

Similar:
sphingomyeline, sphingolipid, sphingosine, phosphorylceramide, phosphatidylcholine, glycosphingolipid, lysosphingolipid, glycerosphingolipid, sphingophosphatide, phosphosignal, more...

Opposite:
unsphingolipid, nonsphingolipid, non-sphingomyelin

Phrases:
sphingomyelin ratio, sphingomyelin lipidosis, lecithin sphingomyelin ratio, sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase, more...

Adjectives:
lecithin, more, pure, less, bovine, excess, nbd, membrane, only, erythrocyte, dietary

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Similar:
sphingomyeline, sphingolipid, sphingosine, phosphorylceramide, phosphatidylcholine, glycosphingolipid, lysosphingolipid, glycerosphingolipid, sphingophosphatide, phosphosignal, more...

Opposite:
unsphingolipid, nonsphingolipid, non-sphingomyelin

Phrases:
sphingomyelin ratio, sphingomyelin lipidosis, lecithin sphingomyelin ratio, sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase, more...

Adjectives:
lecithin, more, pure, less, bovine, excess, nbd, membrane, only, erythrocyte, dietary



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