adipose
English edit
Etymology edit
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
adipose (comparative more adipose, superlative most adipose)
- Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- 2003, Dr. Andrew Packard, The Packard Weight Health Plan:
- They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.
- Slightly overweight; chubby.
- 2012, Ruth Petrie, “Not So Lovely in the Garden”, in Notes from the Garden:
- This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.
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Translations edit
containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
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slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft
Noun edit
adipose (uncountable)
- Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
- 2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone, editors, Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii:
- As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.
Translations edit
animal fat stored in the tissue of the body
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Adipose tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Noun edit
adipose f (plural adiposes)
Further reading edit
- “adipose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
adipose f pl
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
adipōse
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
adipose f (usually uncountable, plural adiposes)