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 Definitions for Adipose: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\, n. (Physiol.)
The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed
mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and
triolein. It solidifies after death.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\ (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat,
grease.]
Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
[1913 Webster]
Adipose fin (Zool.), a soft boneless fin.
Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which
forms or contains fat.
[1913 Webster] Adiposeness
WordNet (r) 2.0
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adipose
adj : composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the fat
of meat"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "adipose":
beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, blubbery, bosomy, brawny,
burly, buttery, butyraceous, buxom, chrismal, chrismatory, chubby,
chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fatty, fleshy,
full, greasy, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lardaceous,
lardy, lusty, meaty, mucoid, obese, oily, oleaginous, oleic,
overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, pudgy,
puffy, pursy, rich, roly-poly, rotund, sebaceous, sleek, slick,
slippery, smooth, soapy, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky,
stout, strapping, suety, swollen, tallowy, thick-bodied, thickset,
top-heavy, tubby, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous,
well-fed
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