lipovitamin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From lipo- +‎ vitamin.

Noun[edit]

lipovitamin (plural lipovitamins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any fat-soluble vitamin.
    • 2008, M. C. Carey, M. R. Leonard, “Pathophysiology of bile secretion”, in M. C. Carey, P. Dité, A. Gabryelewicz, V. Keim, J. Mössner, editors, Falk Symposium 161: Future Perspectives in Gastroenterology, Dordrecht: Springer, →ISBN, page 88:
      A deficit of biliary lipids in the alimentary tract causes: (a) fat malabsorption142, principally of lipovitamins, cholesterol and monoacylglycerols, but not of long-chain fatty acids16; (b) delayed formation of gut chylomicrons with larger sizes143; [] .