Hypernym

betaine 1

noun

a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets

lipid 1

noun

an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

Substance_meronym

sphingosine 1

noun

an 18-carbon amino alcohol with an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, which forms a primary part of sphingolipids, a class of cell membrane lipids that include sphingomyelin, an important phospholipid.

sphingomyelin 1

noundomain: substance

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English

Definition

a type of sphingolipid found in animal cell membranes, especially in the membranous myelin sheath that surrounds some nerve cell axons.

Examples

1.Discovered in the 1880s, sphingomyelin was first isolated by Johann L.W. Thudicum.

Substance_holonym

sphingosine 1

noun

an 18-carbon amino alcohol with an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, which forms a primary part of sphingolipids, a class of cell membrane lipids that include sphingomyelin, an important phospholipid.

Part_holonym

choline 1

noun

a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat