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"PHOSPHOLIPIDS" is a plural of: phospholipid. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Lipids containing one or more phosphate groups, particularly those derived from either glycerol (phosphoglycerides; glycerophospholipids) or sphingosine (sphingolipids). They are polar lipids that are of great importance for the structure and function of cell membranes and are the most abundant of membrane lipids, although not stored in large amounts in the system. (references) |
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Crosswords: PHOSPHOLIPIDS |
| Specialty definitions using "PHOSPHOLIPIDS": Antibodies, Antiphospholipid, Antiphospholipid Syndrome ♦ Cardiolipins ♦ Dolichol Monophosphate Mannose ♦ E.F.A., essential fatty acid, essential fatty acids ♦ Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate ♦ Kringles ♦ Lipoprotein-X, liposome ♦ Meglutol, Membrane Fluidity, Membrane Lipids ♦ Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Omega-6 Fatty Acids ♦ Phospholipid Ethers, Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Monosaccharides, Protein Kinase C, Proteolipids, Pulmonary Surfactants ♦ Sphingomyelins. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Researchers believe alcohol interacts with cell membranes in the brain, which contain relatively large molecules called phospholipids. Credit: NIAA. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Phospholipids -- molecules of fat in cell membranes. (references) | |
They attack phospholipids, the molecules of fat in neuron membranes. (references) | ||
First, these molecules have chemical bonds with molecules of fat, called phospholipids, that lie next to them in the membrane. (references) | ||
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| "PHOSPHOLIPIDS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "PHOSPHOLIPIDS" is used about 75 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 (plural) | 93.33% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.67% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 75 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
phospholipids | 33 |
essential phospholipids | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "PHOSPHOLIPIDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | phospholipider. (various references) | ||||
Dutch | fosfolipiden. (various references) | ||||
French | phospholipides. (various references) | ||||
German | Phospholipide. (various references) | ||||
Italian | fosfolipidi (phosphadide, phospholipid). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ospholipidsphay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-h-h-i-i-l-o-o-p-p-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: phospholipid. | |
-4 letters: phosphids. | |
-5 letters: diplosis, phosphid, slipshod. | |
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