LIPOFUSCIN


Meaning of LIPOFUSCIN in English

/lip'euh fus"in, luy'peuh-/ , n. Biochem.

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

[ 1920-25; lipo- LIPO- 1 + L fusc ( us ) dark, tawny + G -in -IN 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .