lipositol

noun

li·​po·​si·​tol

līˈpōsəˌtȯl,

lə̇-,

-ˌtōl

plural -s

: any of several phosphatides occurring in plants (as soybeans) and in animals especially in the brain and spinal cord and containing the meso form of inositol in combination

Word History

Etymology

lip- + inositol

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