phosphatide

[ fos-fuh-tahyd, -tid ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. phospholipid.

phosphatide

/ ˈfɒsfəˌtaɪd /

noun

1. another name for phospholipid

Word History and Origins

Origin of phosphatide¹

1884; phosphate + -ide ( def )

Example Sentences

The handy diagram below, created by Twitter user @Phosphatide, makes it easy to understand the Cube Rule and issue decrees on other dishes.

From Washington Post

One of them, the phosphatide fraction, makes cells grow wildly and rapidly, giving the effect of cancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three good means of diagnosis for early tuberculosis exist: X-rays; tuberculin tests; precipitation of a suspect's blood serum by fatty phosphatide fractions of the tuberculosis germ.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Page 192 “But phosphatides occur” - had “phosphatide soccur”.

From Project Gutenberg

This phosphatide is by far the best-known lipoid.

From Project Gutenberg