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adipous

adj

Etymology

From adipose + -ous.

  1. derived from adeps
  2. borrowed from adipōsus
  3. suffixed as adipous — “adipose + ous”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.

    • Mr. Copland Hutchison remarks*, that the cellular texture connecting the adipous membrane, to the fascia or muscles, suppurates and sloughs more readily than the adipous substance itself.

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