lipo-

lipo- 1 Word Origin

1. a combining form meaning “fat,” used in the formation of compound words: lipolysis.

Also especially before a vowel, lip-. Origin of lipo- 1combining form representing Greek lípos fat lipo- 2

1. a combining form meaning “lacking,” “leaving,” used in the formation of compound words: lipography.

Origin of lipo- 2Greek, combining form of lip-, weak stem of leípein to leave, be lacking; see -o- British Dictionary definitions for lipo- lipo- before a vowel lip- combining form

1. fat or fattylipoprotein

Word Origin for lipo- from Greek lipos fat Word Origin and History for lipo-

word-forming element meaning “fat” (n.), from Greek lipo-, comb. form of lipos “fat” (n.), from PIE root *leip- “to stick, adhere,” also used to form words for “fat,” see leave (v.)).

lipo- in Medicine lipo- pref.

1. Fat; fatty; fatty tissue:lipolysis.