lipoid

Other forms of lipoid

plural

lipoids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lipoid

What does lipoid mean?

lipoid means "an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)".

How many syllables are in lipoid?

lipoid has 2 syllables and divides as li-poid under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lipoid?

Close synonyms include lipid, lipide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lipoid a common word?

lipoid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.