sphingosine

sphingosine
/sfing"geuh seen', -sin/, n. Biochem.
a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C18H33(OH)2NH2, produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
[1881; earlier sphingosin, equiv. to sphingo-, comb. form repr. Gk sphínx SPHINX + intrusive -s- + -IN2; so called in allusion to the enigmas it posed for its discoverer]

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