Etymology

lysophosphatidylserine

Today it means: Any derivative of phosphatidylserine in which one or both acyl derivatives have been removed by hydrolysis Full definition →

English phosphatidylserine ← Latin sēricus ← Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
  3. Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
  4. Englishlyso-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  7. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  8. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  9. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  12. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  13. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  14. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  15. Latinphōsphorus
  16. Frenchphosphore
  17. Frenchphosphate
  18. Englishphosphate
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  20. Englishphosphatide
  21. Englishphosphatidate
  22. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  23. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  24. Englishphosphatidyl
  25. Old Chinese絲 (*sə)der.?
  26. Ancient Greekσήρ (sḗr)
  27. Ancient Greekσηρῐκός (sērĭkós)
  28. Latinsēricus
  29. Englishserine
  30. Englishphosphatidylserine
  31. English todaylysophosphatidylserine

From lyso- + phosphatidylserine.

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