What is the meaning of Adipose?

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
  • (n.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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