Definition of Glycolipids

1. Noun. (plural of glycolipid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glycolipids

1. glycolipid [n] - See also: glycolipid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycolipids

glycoinositolphospholipids
glycol
glycol ethers
glycol nucleic acid
glycolaldehyde
glycolaldehydetransferase
glycolate
glycoleucine
glycolic
glycolic acid
glycolic acid dehydrogenase
glycolic aciduria
glycolide
glycolipid
glycolipid lipidosis
glycolipids (current term)
glycollate
glycollates
glycollic acid
glycols
glycoluric
glycoluril
glycolurils
glycolyl
glycolylneuraminic
glycolyls
glycolylurea
glycolyses
glycolysis
glycolytic

Literary usage of Glycolipids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"glycolipids are composed of a sugar ("glyco" is derived from the Greek word for sweet) and a lipid portion, and make up about 5 percent of the lipid ..."

2. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings and by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"These glycolipids, with a specific sequence and arrangement of sugars, extend from the membrane surface and exhibit a high degree of specificity toward ..."

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