Adipose

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\, n. (Physiol.)
     The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed
     mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and
     triolein. It solidifies after death.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\ (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat,
     grease.]
     Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Adipose fin} (Zool.), a soft boneless fin.
  
     {Adipose tissue} (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which
        forms or contains fat.
        [1913 Webster] Adiposeness

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adipose
       adj : composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the fat
             of meat"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "adipose":
     beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, blubbery, bosomy, brawny,
     burly, buttery, butyraceous, buxom, chrismal, chrismatory, chubby,
     chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fatty, fleshy,
     full, greasy, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lardaceous,
     lardy, lusty, meaty, mucoid, obese, oily, oleaginous, oleic,
     overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, pudgy,
     puffy, pursy, rich, roly-poly, rotund, sebaceous, sleek, slick,
     slippery, smooth, soapy, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky,
     stout, strapping, suety, swollen, tallowy, thick-bodied, thickset,
     top-heavy, tubby, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous,
     well-fed