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Any of a class of phospholipids, found in cell membranes, in which one of the fatty acids is replaced by an aldehyde (connected to the glycerol with an unsaturated ether linkage)

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plasmalogenic plasmal ether phospholipid fatty acid plasmalogens glycerol aldehyde
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