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Word: Phosphatidyl
Speech Type: Noun
1940s. From phosphatide + -yl
A radical derived from a phosphatidic acid by the loss of a hydrogen atom from the phosphate group. Usually attributive or a formative element in the names of esters (phospholipids) occurring in cell membranes, in which a radical formed by the loss of a hydroxyl group from the compound denoted by the second element is attached to the phosphate group, as "phosphatidylinositol", "phosphatidylserine", etc.
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