Definition of Adipocyte

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adipocyte

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Adipocyte

1. An animal connective tissue cell specialised for the synthesis and storage of fat. Such cells are bloated with globules of triglycerides, the nucleus being displaced to one side and the cytoplasm seen as a thin line around the fat droplet. (25 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adipocyte

adipic acid
adipic acids
adipimidate
adipimidates
adipiodone
adipo-
adipocellular
adipocerated
adipoceration
adipoceratous
adipocere
adipoceres
adipoceriform
adipocerous
adipocire
adipocyte (current term)
adipocytes
adipocytic
adipocytokine
adipocytokines
adipodermal graft
adipogenesis
adipogenic
adipogenous
adipoid
adipokine
adipokines
adipokinetic
adipokinetic hormone
adipokinin

Literary usage of Adipocyte

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

1. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Both depots increase in mass—the epididymal depot solely by adipocyte hypertrophy, the perirenal depot solely by adipocyte hyperplasia. ..."

2. Housing, Husbandry, And Welfare Of Sheep And Goats Bibliography January 85 by D'Anna Berry (1997)
"Ten crossbred wether lambs received three consecutive daily intraperitoneal injections of horse antisheep adipocyte plasma membrane im- munoglobulin ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"3A) (20). decrease in insulin binding was not to liver, but was also observed in s using adipocyte membrane (21), my- al muscle membranes (22), ..."

4. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"Fastin-induced adipocyte factor (Fiaf), a member of the angiopoietin-like family of proteins, is selectively suppressed in the intestinal epithelium of ..."

5. Adequacy of Evidence for Physical Activity Guidelines Development by Carol West Suitor, Vivica I. Kraak (2007)
"Visceral adiposity, increased adipocyte lipolysis, and metabolic dysfunction in obese postmeno- pausal women. Am J Physiol 33(\):E72~E7&. ..."

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