Lecithin

Definition: Lecithin

Lecithin

Noun

1. A yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier.

Date "lecithin" was first used: 1923. (references)

Etymology: Lecithin \Lec"i*thin\, noun. [from Greek expression le`kiqos the yolk of an egg.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Lecithin

English words defined with "lecithin": choline. (references)

Specialty definitions using "lecithin": BLENDER-CONVEYOR OPERATOR ♦ CHOCOLATE TEMPERER, conche loader and unloader, CONCHE OPERATOR ♦ Ethanolamine ♦ Lecithin Acyltransferase Deficiency ♦ Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase, Pulmonary Surfactants ♦ tempering-machine operator. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Lecithin

Domain	Title
Books	Carlson Wade's Lecithin Book (reference) Introduction to Lecithin (reference) Lecithin and Health (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Lecithin

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The discovery of acetylcholine deficits in Alzheimer's disease also raised hope that choline and lecithin, if added to the diet, could help in treating Alzheimer's disease. (references)
		Trials with the two substances have been disappointing so far, with choline supplements having no effect on cognitive function and lecithin only a slight effect in a few patients. (references)
Trade	Brazil	Breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, including semen and embryos); wine and brandy, distilled spirits (rum, wodka and whiskey); fresh vegetables (asparagus, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, garlic, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes); canned vegetables (asparagus, beans, carrots, corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato paste); frozen vegetables (beans, broccoli, carrots, corn and spinach); peanut butter or peanut flour; dairy products (butter, butter oil, ghee, anhydrous milk fat, non-fat and whole milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, lactose, non-sweetened condensed milk, fluid milk, lecithin and cheese); ice cream; meat, frozen or chilled (beef, pork and their products);wheat, wheat flour, semolina; cotton, 100% cotton yarn, 100% cotton fabrics (woven and knit unbleached/bleached/dyed, and/or printed); rice; feed grains (barley, including malting barley, white corn, yellow corn, sorghum and oats); corn products (flour, starch, corn meal, popcorn and gluten); pulses(dry beans, peas and lentils), poultry breeder stock (baby chicks, turkey pouts and hatching eggs); eggs and egg products (fresh, dry, refrigerated, frozen, albumin, etc); fresh fruits (apples, apricots, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, melons, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, peaches, raspberries and tangerines); hops: hops extract; tallow: grease, lard, barley malt; potatoes(cut and chilled or frozen; flakes, granules); peanuts; commercially prepared dog and cat food, animal feed ingredients, fish food; seeds for sowing; almonds ( walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut and pecan); dry fruits, frozen fruits, canned fruits, fruit pure and fruit pulp, 100% natural fruit juice; seafood (fresh and frozen);tomato paste; alfalfa; honey; skins; nutritional beverages preparations (for human consumption); soy protein products; vegetable oils; wood; beer; cereals; preparation for breads and pizzas (powder, refrigerated of frozen); canned pickles; ready-to-eat meals; soft drinks and sodas; soups and sauces. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Lecithin

"Lecithin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "Lecithin" is used about 24 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)	95.83%	23	72,767
Noun (proper)	4.17%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	24	N/A

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

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Expressions: Lecithin

Expressions using "lecithin": Egg Lecithin ♦ Lecithin Acyltransferase Deficiency ♦ Soy Lecithin. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lecithin

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	Expression	Frequency per Day
lecithin	696	lecithin side effects	4
soy lecithin	61	kelp lecithin b 6	4
soya lecithin	41	lecithin food	4
lecithin granules	22	lecithin soy granules	4
lecithin organogel pluronic	18	benefit health lecithin	4
benefit of lecithin	15	lecithin ejaculate	4
information lecithin	10	lecithin viscosity	3
conditioning lecithin shampoo	10	soybean lecithin	3
conditioning kiehls lecithin shampoo	10	breast feeding lecithin	3
lecithin use	9	dosage lecithin	3
liquid lecithin	9	lecithin triple	2
lecithin and cholesterol	9	granulated lecithin soy	2
lecithin supplement	8	lecithin source	2
lecithin loss weight	7	diet free lecithin soy	2
info lecithin	7	lecithin allergy	2
egg lecithin	7	effects lecithin	2
lecithin vitamin	7	kelp lecithin	2
american lecithin	5	lecithin sperm	2
china lecithin soya	5	lecithin powder	2
lecithin semen	5	food in lecithin	2
		lecithin ejaculation	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lecithin

Language		Translations for "lecithin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الليستين مادة دهنية. (various references)

Bulgarian		лецитин. (various references)

Chinese		卵磷脂. (various references)

Czech		lecitin. (various references)

Danish		lecitin (lecithins), lecithin (lecithins, phosphatidylcholine), fosfatidylcholin (phosphatidylcholine), E322 (lecithins). (various references)

Dutch		lecithine (lecithins, phosphatidylcholine), E322 (lecithins). (various references)

Finnish		lesitiini (E322, lecithins, phosphatidylcholine), fosfatidyylikoliini (phosphatidylcholine). (various references)

French		lécithine (lecithins). (various references)

German		Lezithin (E322, lecithins), Lecithin (E322, lecithins, phosphatidylcholine), Phosphatidylcholin (phosphatidylcholine), E322 (E322, lecithins). (various references)

Greek		φωσφατιδυλοχολίνη (phosphatidylcholine). (various references)

Hungarian		lecitin. (various references)

Italian		lecitina (E322, lecithins, phosphatidylcholine). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		レコード分離キャラクタ (leather, leather craft, leather wear, leathercloth, ratio, razor, razor cut, receipt, receive, receiver, reciprocating engine, recitation, recommendation, record separator, register). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		レシチン . (various references)

Pig Latin		ecithinlay

Portuguese		lubricidade (lecherous, lubricity), lecitina (E322, lecithins, lectern), E322 (E322, lecithins). (various references)

Russian		лецитин. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lecitin. (various references)

Spanish		lecitina (E322, lecithins, phosphatidylcholine). (various references)

Swedish		lecitin. (various references)

Ukranian		лецитин (lecithine). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Lecithin

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	lekithos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Lecithin

Derivations
	Words beginning with "lecithin": lecithinase, lecithinases, lecithins. (additional references)
	Words ending with "lecithin": lysolecithin. (additional references)
	Words containing "lecithin": lysolecithins. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lecithin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cleithan, Feithean, lectin, Leicht, lekythoi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Lecithin"

Words rhyming with "lecithin" (pronounced 'Lec"i*thin'): Absinthin, Colocynthin, Euxanthin, Helianthin, Hypoxanthin, Ichthin, Ilixanthin, Paraxanthin, Pyroxanthin. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Lecithin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-i-l-n-t"
	-1 letter: chitlin, ichnite, nitchie.
	-2 letters: chitin, client, echini, elicit, ethnic, incite, lectin, lentic, lichen, litchi, lithic.
	-3 letters: chiel, chile, chili, chine, cline, elint, ethic, inlet, letch, lichi, licht, licit, lithe, niche, nihil, telic, tench, thein, thine.
	-4 letters: ceil, celt, cent, chin, chit, cine, cite, clit, elhi, etch, etic, heil, hent, hili, hilt, hint, inch, inti.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-i-l-n-t"
	+1 letter: lecithins, neolithic.
	+2 letters: endolithic, helminthic, xenolithic.
	+3 letters: calisthenic, flichtering, helicopting, lecithinase, methicillin, multiethnic.
	+4 letters: anthelmintic, antithetical, bewitchingly, biotechnical, calisthenics, chitterlings, chlorinities, encephalitic, encephalitis, heliocentric, inchoatively, lecithinases, lysolecithin, methicillins, nephelinitic, neutrophilic, technicality, technicalize, ticklishness.
	+5 letters: anthelmintics, cephalization, changeability, clotheslining, helicoptering, lichenologist, lysolecithins, pantheistical, technicalized, technicalizes.
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