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Definition of Lipotropic
1. Adjective. Having an affinity for lipids.
Definition of Lipotropic
1. Adjective. having an affinity for lipids; lipophilic ¹
2. Adjective. (biochemistry) helping to metabolize lipids ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lipotropic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Lipotropic
1. 1. Pertaining to substances preventing or correcting excessive fat deposits in liver such as occurs in choline deficiency. 2. Relating to lipotropy. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipotropic
Literary usage of Lipotropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wassermann Test by Charles Franklin Craig (1921)
"The most that can be said regarding the reaction is that it is due to an interaction
between lipotropic bodies present in the blood serum of syph ..."
2. Serum Diagnosis of Syphilis and Luetin Reaction: Together with the Butyric by Hideyo Noguchi (1912)
"In the latter the fixation is caused almost exclusively by the lipotropic
substances, and the pallidum plays but a small role in the antigen; the specific ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Rats marginally deficient in lipotropic ow a greater incidence of tumors in to
several different carcinogens (1- ; above cited experiments the diets t in ..."
4. American Journal of Syphilis (1921)
"... group in contradistinction to the lipotropic fixation due to the action of
... to 55° C. for 20 minutes, while the lipotropic fixation is not abolished. ..."
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