phospholipid

See also: Phospholipid

English

Etymology

From phospho- +‎ lipid.

Noun

phospholipid (plural phospholipids)

1. (organic chemistry) Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group and a simple organic molecule such as choline or ethanolamine; they are important constituents of biological membranes.

   Synonym: phosphatide

   • 1926, HC Eckstein, “The cholesterol and phospholipid content of the cutaneous epithelium of man”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry:

     An index of the amount of phospholipids present was secured from the total phosphorus content of a third aliquot, the method employed being the colorimetric procedure devised by Whitehorn.

Derived terms

• antiphospholipid
• glycerophospholipid
• glycophospholipid
• inositolphospholipid
• lysophospholipid
• phospholipidic
• phospholipidome
• phospholipidomics
• phospholipidosis
• sphingophospholipid

 

Translations

lipid consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group

• Arabic: دُهْن فُوسْفُورِيّ m (duhn fusfūriyy), لِيبِيد مُفَسْفَر m (libid mufasfar), فُوسْفُولِيبِيد m (fusfūlibid)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磷脂 (zh) (línzhī)

• Czech: fosfolipid m
• Danish: fosfolipid n
• Finnish: fosfolipidi (fi)
• French: phospholipide (fr) m
• German: Phospholipid n
• Hindi: भास्ववसा (bhāsvavsā)
• Hungarian: foszfolipid
• Irish: fosfailipid f
• Indonesian: fosfolipid (id)
• Italian: fosfolipide (it) m
• Japanese: リン脂質 (rin-shishitsu), 燐脂質 (rin-shishitsu)
• Kazakh: фосфолипид (fosfolipid)
• Portuguese: fosfolipídio m, fosfolípide m
• Russian: фосфолипи́д (ru) m (fosfolipíd)
• Spanish: fosfolípido m
• Swedish: fosfolipid (sv) n