lipopolysaccharide

lipopolysaccharide
/luyp"oh pol'ee sak"euh ruyd', -rid, luy"poh-/, n. Biochem.
any of a class of polysaccharides to which lipids are attached.
[1950-55; LIPO-1 + POLYSACCHARIDE]

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