Etymology

liposome

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Today it means: An aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λίπος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσῶμα“soma”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromλίπος“fat”
  3. English todayliposome

From lipo- (“fat”) + -some (“body”). From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”) and Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “soma”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσῶμα all →

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