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: li-poid. The stress falls on "li".

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.