Definition of Adipous

1. a. Fatty; adipose.

Definition of Adipous

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adipous

1. pertaining to adipose [adj] - See also: adipose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adipous

adiposeness
adiposes
adiposis
adiposis cerebralis
adiposis dolorosa
adiposis tuberosa simplex
adiposis universalis
adiposities
adiposity
adiposuria
adipous (current term)
adipoyl
adipoyls
adipsia
adipsias
adipsin
adipsous
adipsy
adipyl
adit
adits
aditus
aditus ad antrum
aditus ad aqueductum cerebri
aditus ad infundibulum

Literary usage of Adipous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Human Physiology by Robley Dunglison (1846)
"As in the case of fecula, each adipous granule is composed of at least one integument, and an enclosed substance, both of which are as slightly ..."

2. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1832)
"Thus we have masses of fat formed in the subcutaneous adipous tissue ; and on the other hand, tumours of cellular structure occur in that kind of cellular ..."

3. The London Medical Gazette (1841)
"If you examine a fat heart—such as is not uncommonly met with in very fat persons—you will generally find a combination of hypertrophy of the adipous tissue ..."

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