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English

Etymology

From adipo- +? -cyte.

Noun

adipocyte (plural adipocytes)

1. (cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy

Translations

See also

• adipocyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From New Latin adip?sus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æd.?.p??s/, /?æd.?.p??z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æd.?.po?s/
• Rhymes: -??z

Adjective

adipose (comparative more adipose, superlative most adipose)

1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
   • 2003, Dr. Andrew Packard, The Packard Weight Health Plan

     They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.

2. Slightly overweight; chubby.
   • 2012, Ruth Petrie, "Not So Lovely in the Garden", Notes from the Garden

     This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.

Synonyms

• (composed of fat): fatty
• (overweight): chubby, chunky, overweight, plump, podgy, tubby

Derived terms

• adipose fin
• adipose tissue

Translations

Noun

adipose (uncountable)

1. Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
   • 2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone (editors), Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii

     As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Translations

Related terms

• adipocyte
• adipocere
• adipokine

Further reading

• Adipose tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

adipose f (plural adiposes)

1. adiposis

Italian

Adjective

adipose

1. feminine plural of adiposo

Anagrams

• esapodi

Latin

Adjective

adip?se

1. vocative masculine singular of adip?sus

Portuguese

Noun

adipose f (usually uncountable, plural adiposes)

1. (medicine) adiposis (accumulation of adipose tissue)