arsenolipid

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noun

Any compound formally derived from a phospholipid by replacing the phosphorus atom with arsenic

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounarsenolipid (plural arsenolipids)

plural arsenolipids

  1. chemistryAny compound formally derived from a phospholipid by replacing the phosphorus atom with arsenic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  4. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  5. Old Median*zaranyam
  6. Old Median*kā
  7. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  8. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  9. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  10. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  11. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  12. Latinarsenicum
  13. Middle Frencharsenic
  14. Middle Englisharsenik
  15. Englisharsenic
  16. Englisharseno-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  18. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  19. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  21. Frenchlipide
  22. Englishlipid
  23. Englisharsenolipid

From arseno- + lipid.

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APA

arsenolipid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenolipid

MLA

“arsenolipid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenolipid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arsenolipid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenolipid.

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