Preferred Label : lipid;
Definition : A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm,
which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils,
waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes),
and fatty acids. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) [MeSH];
UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0023779;
Origin ID : RID5889;
UMLS CUI : C0023779;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Lipid [UMLS semantic type]
- lipid [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- lipid [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Lipids [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm,
which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils,
waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes),
and fatty acids. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) [MeSH]
