2. Verb. (alternative form of flip-flop) ¹
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Medical Definition of Flip flop
1. A term used to describe the coordinated transfer of two phospholipid molecules from opposite sides of a lipid bilayer membrane. Now used to mean the passage of a phospholipid species from one lamella of a lipid bilayer membrane to the other. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)