plasmalogen
[ plaz-mal-uh-jin, -jen ]
/ plæzˈmæl ə dʒɪn, -ˌdʒɛn /
noun Biochemistry.
any of the class of phosphatides that contain an aldehyde of a fatty acid, found in heart and skeletal muscle, the brain, the liver, and in eggs.
Words nearby plasmalogen
plasmacytoma,
plasmacytosis,
plasmagel,
plasmagene,
plasmalemma,
plasmalogen,
plasmapause,
plasmapheresis,
plasmapheretic,
plasmasol,
plasmasphere
Medical definitions for plasmalogen
plasmalogen
[ plăz-măl′ə-jən, -jĕn′ ]
n.
Any of various glycerophospholipids in which a fatty acid group is replaced by a fatty aldehyde group.