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adipose

 
Dictionary: ad·i·pose   (ăd'ə-pōs') pronunciation
adj.
Of, relating to, or composed of animal fat; fatty.

n.
The fat found in adipose tissue.

[New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps, adip-, fat.]

adiposeness ad'i·pose'ness or ad'i·pos'i·ty (-pŏs'ĭ-tē) n.

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adjective

    Having the qualities of fat: fat, fatty, greasy, oily, oleaginous, unctuous. See fat/thin.

Excessive accumulation of fat in the body; increase in weight beyond that considered desirable with regard to age, height and bone structure.

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of or relating to animal fat: fatty
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fed, fedladen, fedt-
n. - fedt, fedtlag

Nederlands (Dutch)
betreffende vet, vettig

Français (French)
adj. - adipeux
n. - graisse animale

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fettig, fetthaltig
n. - Fett

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (βιολ.) λιπώδης
n. - (ζωικό) λίπος

Italiano (Italian)
adiposo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - adiposo, gorduroso
n. - gordura (f), adiposidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
жирный, жировой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - adiposo
n. - adiposidad

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fet, isteraktig
n. - talg

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
脂肪的, 肥胖的, 动物性脂肪

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 脂肪的, 肥胖的
n. - 動物性脂肪

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지방의, 지방이 많은
n. - 지방, 비만

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 脂肪の, 動物性脂肪の
n. - 脂肪

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طبقه ألدهب تحت الجلد (الاسم) دهن الحيوانات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שומני, של שומן‬
n. - ‮רקמות שומניות בגוף‬


 
 

 

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