fatlike

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This enzyme breaks down a fatlike substance that normally exists in very small, harmless amounts in the brain.

From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2022

Without HexA, however, this fatlike substance can accumulate to toxic levels that damage and kill neurons.

From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2022

Cell membranes—the molecular envelopes that surround cells and allow their exchange of chemicals with the world outside—are basically made of fatlike molecules.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg