Lipoprotein

Definition: Lipoprotein

Lipoprotein

Noun

1. A conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood.

Date "lipoprotein" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Lipoprotein

Domain	Definitions
Health	Any of the lipid-protein complexes in which lipids are transported in the blood; lipoprotein particles consist of a spherical hydrophobic core of triglycerides or cholesterol esters surrounded by an amphipathic monolayer of phospholipids, cholesterol, and apolipoproteins; the four principal classes are high-density, low-density, and very-low-density lipoproteins and chylomicrons. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Lipoprotein

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly that contains both proteins and lipids and may be structural or catalytic in function. Lipoproteins may be enzymes, proton pumps, ion pumps, or some combination of these functions. Examples include the high density and low density lipoproteins of the blood and the transmembrane proteins of the mitochondrion and the chloroplast.

The lipids are often an essential part of the complex, even if they seem to have no catalytic activity themselves. To isolate transmembrane lipoproteins from their associated membranes, detergents are often needed.

Lipoproteins of the body are necessary to carry insoluble fats around the body.

Chylomicrons - carry triacylglycerol (fat) from the intestines to adipose tissue.
Very low density lipoproteins - carry (newly synthesised) triacylglycerol from the liver to adipose tissue.
Intermediate density lipoproteins - this lipoprotein is the intermediate between VLDL and LDL. It is not normally detectable in the body.
Low density lipoproteins - carry cholesterol from the liver to cells of the body. Known as the "bad cholesterol" lipoprotein.
High density lipoproteins - collects cholesterol from the body's tissues, and brings it back to the liver.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lipoprotein."

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Crosswords: Lipoprotein

English words defined with "lipoprotein": alpha-lipoportein ♦ beta-lipoprotein ♦ HDL, high-density lipoprotein, hyperlipoproteinemia, hypolipoproteinemia ♦ LDL, low-density lipoprotein ♦ very low density lipoprotein. (references)

Specialty definitions using "lipoprotein": Antigens, Neoplasm, Apolipoproteins A, Apolipoproteins C, Apolipoproteins E ♦ Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type V ♦ Lipoprotein Lipase, Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency, Familial, Lipoprotein-X ♦ Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase, Platelet Factor 3 ♦ Receptors, Lipoprotein ♦ Togaviridae. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Lipoprotein" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (lipoprotein), German (lipoprotein).

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Commercial Usage: Lipoprotein

Domain	Title
Books	Advances in Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Research, Diagnostics and Treatment: Proceedings of the 8th International Dresden Lipid Symposium Held at (reference) Handbook of Lipoprotein Testing (reference) Lipoprotein Analysis: A Practical Approach (The Practical Approach Series) (reference) Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherogenesis (reference) Lipoprotein Molecule (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Lipoprotein

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Visiting a lipoprotein laboratory].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Lipoprotein

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The cholesterol and protein together are called a lipoprotein. (references)
		Studies should be initiated to determine the association of CHD with cholesterol and lipoprotein fractions in minority populations. (references)
		The metabolism of the lipoprotein classes in plasma is interrelated, and patients frequently display abnormalities in more than one lipoprotein. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Lipoprotein

"Lipoprotein" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lipoprotein" is used about 69 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	69	40,280

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Lipoprotein

Expressions using "lipoprotein": Lipoprotein Lipase ♦ Low-density lipoprotein ♦ very low density lipoprotein ♦ Very low-density lipoprotein. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "lipoprotein": Lipoprotein-X.
	Ending with "lipoprotein": beta-lipoprotein.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lipoprotein

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
lipoprotein	130
low density lipoprotein	17
high density lipoprotein	17
lipoprotein lipase	6
very low density lipoprotein	5
abdominal abdominal adipose adipose fat fat lipid lipoprotein replace testosterone visceral visceral	3
lipoprotein structure	2
cholesterol lipoprotein	2
level lipoprotein	2
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Modern Translations: Lipoprotein

Language		Translations for "lipoprotein"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		脂蛋白. (various references)

Danish		lipoprotein (lipoproteins). (various references)

Dutch		lipoproteïne, lipoproteïne. (various references)

Finnish		lipoproteiini. (various references)

French		lipoprotéine. (various references)

German		Lipoprotein (lipoproteins). (various references)

Greek		λιποπρωτεϊνη. (various references)

Italian		Lipoproteina. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		リポ蛋白質 (Lima, limit, limitation, limit-cycle, limited, limiter, limousine, remark, rim, rim-shot). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		リポたんぱくしつ. (various references)

Pig Latin		ipoproteinlay

Portuguese		lipoproteína. (various references)

Spanish		lipoproteína. (various references)

Swedish		low density lipoprotein (low-density lipoprotein), lätt lipoprotein (low-density lipoprotein), tungt lipoprotein (high-density lipoprotein), high density lipoprotein (high-density lipoprotein), HDL (high-density lipoprotein). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Lipoprotein

Derivations
	Words beginning with "lipoprotein": lipoproteins. (additional references)
	Words ending with "lipoprotein": apolipoprotein. (additional references)
	Words containing "lipoprotein": apolipoproteins. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lipoprotein" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lipoproteic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Lipoprotein"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "lipoprotein" (pronounced li'puprō"tēn)
3	-t ē n	dentine, pristine.
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Anagrams: Lipoprotein

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-n-o-o-p-p-r-t"
	-1 letter: lipotropin.
	-3 letters: pliotron, pointier, propenol, terpinol.
	-4 letters: lintier, lippier, loonier, loopier, loppier, nippier, nitrile, pinitol, pointer, poitrel, politer, portion, potline, proline, propine, propone, protein, retinol, ripieno, ripplet, tippier, tippler, topline, tripoli, tropine.
	-5 letters: enroot, entoil, inlier, iolite, lepton, linier, linter, lippen, lipper, loiter, looper, looter, lopper, lotion, neroli, nipper, nipple, nitril, norite, oilier, oolite.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-i-l-n-o-o-p-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: lipoproteins.
	+2 letters: prepositional.
	+3 letters: apolipoprotein.
	+4 letters: apolipoproteins, interpopulation, overapplication, prepositionally.
	+5 letters: overapplications, philoprogenitive, presuppositional.
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