Meanings
nounlipometabolism (countable and uncountable, plural lipometabolisms)
plural lipometabolisms
- countableuncountablebiochemistryThe metabolism of fats and other lipids
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
- Proto-Hellenic*lípos
- Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
- Englishlipo-
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετα- (meta-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
- Ancient Greekμεταβάλλω (metabállō)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ)
- Englishmetabolism
- Englishlipometabolism
From lipo- + metabolism.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Fettstoffwechsel
- FettstoffwechselTranslations
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APA
lipometabolism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipometabolism
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“lipometabolism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lipometabolism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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