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English - Etymology

From New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”).

English - Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs/, /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/

English - Adjective

adipose (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. Slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft.
   • 2012, Ruth Petrie, "Not So Lovely in the Garden", Notes from the Garden

     This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.

Synonyms

• (composed of fat): fatty
• (overweight): chubby, chunky, overweight, plump, podgy, tubby

Derived terms

• adipose fin
• adipose tissue

Translations

English - Noun

adipose (uncountable)

1. 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

English - Related Terms

• adipocyte
• adipocere
• adipokine

Italian - Adjective

adipose

1. feminine plural of adiposo

Italian - Anagrams

• esapodi

Latin - Adjective

adipose

1. vocative masculine singular of adiposus

Portuguese - Noun

adipose f (usually uncountable, plural adiposes)

1. (medicine) adiposis (accumulation of adipose tissue)

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