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noun
Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Blend of cerebroside + amide, or from Latin cēra (“wax”) + amide.
Across languages
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