Etymology

antilipopolysaccharide

Today it means: That counters the stability of lipopolysaccharide membranes Full definition →

English lipopolysaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  9. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  10. Englishlipo-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  13. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  14. Englishpoly-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  16. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  17. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  18. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  19. Palisakkharā
  20. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  21. Latinsaccharon
  22. Latinsaccharum
  23. Englishsaccharo-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  25. Englishsaccharide
  26. Englishpolysaccharide
  27. Englishlipopolysaccharide
  28. English todayantilipopolysaccharide

From anti- + lipopolysaccharide.

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