Lecith

Morpheme

Lecith

Type

bound base

Denotation

egg yolk

Etymology

French lécithine coined in 1847 by French pharmacist and biochemist Théodore Gobley; Ancient Greek lékithos

Evidence

alecithal, centrolecithal, ectolecithal, heterolecithal, homolecithal, isolecithal, lecithal, lecithality, lecithin, lecithinase, lecitho-, lecithoblast, Lecithoceridae, lecithoprotein, lecithotrophic, lecithotrophic, lecithotrophy, lysolecithin, lysolecithinase, mesolecithal, microlecithal, miolecithal, oligolecithal, Prolecithophora, telolecithal