Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sphingolipid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: sph-in-golipid
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any lipid, such as sphingomyelin, that is derived from sphingosine or one of its derivatives

Etymology

sphinges + lipid

Inflected Forms

sphingolipids (plural)

Derived Forms

galactosphingolipid glucosphingolipid glycosphingolipid lysosphingolipid nonsphingolipid phosphosphingolipid sphingolipidology sphingolipidome sphingolipidomic sphingolipidomics sphingolipidosis sphingophospholipid

Questions

What does sphingolipid mean?: Any lipid, such as sphingomyelin, that is derived from sphingosine or one of its derivatives
Where does sphingolipid come from?: sphinges + lipid

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