plasmalogen
/plazˈmalədʒ(ə)n/Biochemistry
noun
Any of a class of phospholipids that yield an aldehyde on mild hydrolysis, having an unsaturated ether linkage in place of one of the fatty acid ester linkages.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Chemical Abstracts. From German Plasmalogen from Plasmal + -ogen.
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