adipose

English
WOTD – 13 November 2013
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Etymology

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

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

Adjective

adipose (comparative more adipose, superlative most adipose)

  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; chubby.
    • 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.

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Translations

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
animal fat stored in the tissue of the body
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Further reading

French

Noun

adipose f (plural adiposes)

  1. adiposis

Italian

Adjective

adipose

  1. Feminine plural of adjective adiposo.

Anagrams

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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