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Medical Definition of Sphingomyelin

1. A sphingolipid in which the head group is phosphoryl choline. A close analogue of phosphatidylcholine. In many cells the concentration of sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine in the plasma membrane seems to bear a reciprocal relationship. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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