noun Etymology: Greek sphingos (genitive of sphinx) + English 2-ine; from riddles it posed to its first investigators Date: 1881 a long-chain unsaturated amino alcohol C 18 H 37 O 2 N found especially in nervous tissue and cell membranes
SPHINGOSINE
Meaning of SPHINGOSINE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012