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• lip-

Proto-Indo-European *leyp-

English lipo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Greek combining form, from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”).

lipo-

1. (biology, medicine, usually) lipids: oils, cholesterols, fat/lard, tallow, and so on.
2. fat specifically, as:
   1. The form of lipid.
   2. Fat tissue or fat cells, which contain such lipids.

• lipomeningocele
• lipomyelomeningocele
• lipid

Translations

• Italian: lipo-

• Polish: lipo- (pl)

• Spanish: lipo- (es)

• adipo-

From Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “to leave, be lacking”).

lipo-

1. lacking

• lipography

• pilo-

From Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”).

lipo-

1. lipo-

• -poli, poli, poli-

Derived from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos).

• IPA(key): /li.pɔ/
• Rhymes: -ipɔ
• Syllabification: li‧po-

lipo-

1. lipo-
   ‎lipo- + ‎_proteina_ → ‎_lipoproteina_

• “lipo-”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)

lipo-

1. lipo-

• “lipo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025