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Definition of Adipose
1. Adjective. Composed of animal fat. "Adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat"
Definition of Adipose
1. a. Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
2. n. The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death.
Definition of Adipose
1. Adjective. of, related to, or composed of fat; fatty ¹
2. Noun. animal fat stored in the tissue of the body ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adipose
1. animal fat [n -S] : ADIPIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Adipose
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Literary usage of Adipose
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1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"adipose TISSUE. § 502. Globules of fat of various sizes make their appearance in
the very elements of most of the tissues, in muscular fibres, in epithelial ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"adipose TISSUE. S 503. Globules of fat of various sizes make their ... Connective
tissue thus loaded with fat is called adipose tissue ; and masses of ..."
3. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith ( Beale (1880)
"adipose Tissue.—adipose tissue may be examined by cutting off a thin section of
the fat of any young animal, and placing it with a little water between two ..."
4. Bioplasm: An Introduction to the Study of Physiology & Medicine by Lionel Smith Beale (1872)
"The several stages through which adipose tissue passes in its development ...
This is, indeed, the case, for adipose tissue is very largely supplied with ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1880)
"THE IMPEDIMENT OF adipose.—A CELEBRATED CASE. BY E. VALE BLAKE. FROM the days of
Hippocrates, intelligent medical observers have noticed that an unusual ..."
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