adipose

adj

/ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs/UK/ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/US

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.

derived from adeps
borrowed from adipōsus

Definitions

1
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.
2
Slightly overweight
Slightly overweight; chubby.
- This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.
3
Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
- As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.

The neighborhood

Derived

adipokinin, adipose fin, adiposeness, adipose tissue, adipositis, adiposity, adiposogenital, adiposome, adiposuria, adipous, antiadipose, fibroadipose, nonadipose, preadipose

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for adipose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA