GO:0006629 'lipid metabolic process'

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Term id GO:0006629
Term name lipid metabolic process
Term definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids.
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lipid metabolism EXACT
"lipid metabolism" EXACT []
lipid metabolism

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