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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
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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