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lipofuscin

[ lip-uh-fuhs-in, lahy-puh- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lipofuscin1

1920–25; < German, equivalent to lipo- lipo- 1 + Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny + German -in -in 2

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