sphingine
- Adjective. (rare) Sphinx-like.
- Noun. (organic compound) The amino alcohol ''2-amino-octadecanol'' CH3(CH2)15-CH(NH2)-CH2OH related to sphingosine.
This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.