ceramide

See also: céramide

English

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ceramide

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Etymology

Blend of cerebroside +‎ amide, or from Latin cēra (“wax”) +‎ amide.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹ.əˌmaɪd/, /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmaɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ceramide (plural ceramides)

1. (biochemistry) Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue

Derived terms

• ceramidase
• deoxyceramide
• dihydroceramide
• galactoceramide
• galactosylceramidase
• galactosylceramide
• lactosylceramidase
• lactosylceramide
• neolactotetraosylceramide
• phosphoceramide
• phosphorylceramide
• phytoceramide

Translations

lipid

Finnish: keramidi French: céramide (fr) m German: Ceramid Polish: ceramid Portuguese: ceramida f Romanian: ceramidă f Russian: церамид (ru) (ceramid) Spanish: ceramida f Swedish: ceramid Turkish: seramid

References

• “ceramide”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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