Definition of Fatty

1. Noun. A rotund individual.

Exact synonyms: Butterball, Fat Person, Fatso, Roly-poly
Generic synonyms: Large Person
Antonyms: Thin Person

2. Adjective. Containing or composed of fat. "Fat tissue"
Exact synonyms: Fat
Similar to: Adipose, Buttery, Greasy, Oily, Oleaginous, Sebaceous, Suety, Superfatted
Derivative terms: Fat, Fat, Fat, Fattiness
Antonyms: Nonfat

Definition of Fatty

1. a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance.

Definition of Fatty

1. Adjective. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat. ¹

2. Adjective. Like fat; greasy. ¹

3. Adjective. (slang) Literally or figuratively large. ¹

4. Noun. (pejorative slang) An obese person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fatty

1. greasy; oily [adj -TIER, -TIEST] / one that is fat [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Fatty

1. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid, a tumour consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatty

fattier
fatties
fattiest
fattily
fattiness
fattinesses
fatting
fattish
fattism
fattisms
fattist
fattists
fattoush
fattoushes
fattrels
fatty (current term)
fatty-acid amide hydrolase
fatty acid
fatty acid 2-chloroethyl ester synthase
fatty acid binding protein
fatty acid binding proteins
fatty acid desaturases
fatty acid methyltransferase
fatty acid oxidation cycle
fatty acid reductase
fatty acid synthase complex
fatty acid synthetase complex
fatty acid thiokinase
fatty acids
fatty acyl ethyl ester synthase

Literary usage of Fatty

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

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"fatty infiltration may be physiological. It is not unusual to have an ... Advanced fatty degeneration of the liver in chronic alcoholics is common. ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The presence of free fatty acids depresses the flash and fire point of animal fats owing to the fact that these points are lower for the fatty acids than ..."

3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"fatty acids. This procedure does not lead to satisfactory results in the case of a mixture of hydroxylated fatty acids, such as ricinoleic acid, ..."

4. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"fatty infiltration occurs, to a certain extent, in normal livers, since the cells always ... In fatty degeneration, which is a much less common condition, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Consump- f the high-fat diet reduced tritium in- ation into fatty acids in liver and adi- ssue of both virgin and lactating mice, rly, rates of fatty acid ..."

6. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"fatty METAMORPHOSIS OF HEART. In the 300 cases of Bright's disease ... The distribution of fatty metamorphosis of the hypertrophied cardiac wall in the ..."

7. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Henry Clapp Sherman (1918)
"Fats are glyceryl esters of fatty acids, and since glycerol is a triatomic alcohol and the fatty acids are monatomic, a normal glyceride is a triglyceride ..."

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