brown adipose tissue

noun

Definitions

  1. One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals…

    One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.

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