Definition of Lipofuscin

1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any of a family of pigmented lipid granules that accumulates in several body tissues ¹

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Medical Definition of Lipofuscin

1. Brown pigment characteristic of ageing. Found in lysosomes and is the product of peroxidation of unsaturated fatty acids and symptomatic, perhaps, of membrane damage rather than being deleterious in its own right. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipofuscin

lipocyte
lipocytes
lipodieresis
lipodystrophia intestinalis
lipodystrophia progessiva superior
lipodystrophic
lipodystrophies
lipoedema
lipofectamine
lipofectin
lipofection
lipoferous
lipofibroma
lipofuscin (current term)
lipofuscinoses
lipofuscinosis
lipofuscins
lipogeneses
lipogenesis
lipogenic
lipogenous
lipogenous diabetes
lipogram
lipogramatic
lipogrammatic
lipogrammatist
lipogrammatists
lipograms

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