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

  Fatty \Fat"ty\, a.
     Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
     gross; as, a fatty substance.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of


        monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
        called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
        acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
        fatlike substances.
  
     {Fatty clays}. See under {Clay}.
  
     {Fatty degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition, in which
        the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
        so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
        efficient parts of these organs.
  
     {Fatty heart}, {Fatty liver}, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver,
        etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
        or infiltration.
  
     {Fatty infiltration} (Med.), a condition in which there is an
        excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
        destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
  
     {Fatty tumor} (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
        tissue; lipoma.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fatty
       adj : containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
             [syn: {fat}] [ant: {nonfat}]
       n : a rotund individual [syn: {fatso}, {fat person}, {roly-poly},
            {butterball}] [ant: {thin person}]
       [also: {fattiest}, {fattier}]

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

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "fatty":
     adipose, blimp, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal,
     chrismatory, fat, greasy, heavy, heavyweight, hippo, lardaceous,
     lardy, lump, mucoid, oily, oleaginous, oleic, potbelly, rich,
     roly-poly, sebaceous, sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, suety,
     swagbelly, tallowy, tub, tub of lard, tun, unctuous, unguent,
     unguentary, unguentous
  
  

















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