3 definitions found 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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