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ceramide /cer·a·mide/ (ser´ah-mīd) the basic unit of the sphingolipids; it is sphingosine, or a related base, attached to a long chain fatty acyl group. Ceramides are accumulated abnormally in Farber's disease. ceramide trihexoside any of a specific family of glycosphingolipids; due to a deficiency of α-galactosidase A, they accumulate in Fabry's disease.
ceramide [ser′əmīd] the basic unit of the sphingolipids, consisting of sphingosine or a related base attached by means of its amino group to a long-chain fatty acyl group. ceramide any of a group of naturally occurring sphingolipids in which the NH2 group of sphingosine is acylated with a fatty acyl CoA derivative to form N-acylsphingosine. ceramide glucoside the major sphingolipid accumulated in gaucher's disease. ceramide lactosidosis a sphingolipidosis in which ceramide lactoside accumulates in neural and visceral tissues owing to a deficiency of a β-galactosidase. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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