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Definition of Fat cell
1. Noun. Cells composed of fat.
Definition of Fat cell
1. Noun. (medicine) A cell of the body whose primary function is to store fat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Fat cell
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fat Cell
Literary usage of Fat cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"When we come to consider the question, By what processes does the fat make its
appearance in the fat-cell ? we are Drought face to face with much the same ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"It is obvious that a fat-cell is a cell belonging to connective tissue, in the
cell substance of which fat has been collected to such an extent that the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Addition of the dibutyryl derivative to the isolated fat cell further stimulated
lipolysis induced by adrenocorticotropic hormone, whereas addition of aden- ..."
4. Bioplasm: An Introduction to the Study of Physiology & Medicine by Lionel Smith Beale (1872)
"fat cell.—The fatty matter of the fat cell is formed by the ... Closely resembling
the process of formation of fat in the fat cell is the deposition of ..."
5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"... с r, bunch of crystals within a fat-cell ; c, capillary vessel ; r, venule ;
с t, connective tissue cell ; the fibres of the connective tissue are not ..."
6. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1880)
"The fat cell, or adipose vesicle, is formed in precisely the same way, and fat
may be ... The first formation of fat in a fat cell is represented in pi. ..."
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