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lecithin (n.)
fatty substance found in the yolks of eggs (among other places), 1861, from French
lécithine
(coined 1850 by N.T. Gobley), from Greek
lekithos
"egg yolk," + chemical suffix
-ine
(2). Greek
lekithos
is of unknown origin.