adipose

English

WOTD – 13 November 2013

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin adipōsus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adeps (“fat, lard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs/, /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/

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Adjective

adipose (comparative more adipose, superlative most adipose)

1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
   • 2003, Dr. Andrew Packard, The Packard Weight Health Plan

     They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.

2. Slightly overweight; chubby.
   • 2012, Ruth Petrie, "Not So Lovely in the Garden", Notes from the Garden

     This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.

Synonyms

• (composed of fat): fatty
• (overweight): chubby, chunky, overweight, plump, podgy, tubby

Derived terms

• adipose fin
• adipose tissue

Translations

containing, composed of, or consisting of fat

• Armenian: ճարպային (hy) (čarpayin)
• Bulgarian: тлъст (bg) (tlǎst), мастен (masten)
• Catalan: adipós
• Finnish: rasva- (fi), ihra- (fi), rasvainen (fi)
• French: adipeux (fr)
• Galician: adiposo
• Greek: λιπώδης (el) (lipódis)
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• Irish: sailleach
• Italian: adiposo (it)
• Portuguese: adiposo (pt)
• Romanian: adipos (ro)
• Russian: жи́рный (ru) (žírnyj), жирово́й (ru) (žirovój), са́льный (ru) (sálʹnyj)
• Spanish: adiposo (es)
• Swedish: fett-, fetthaltig (sv)

slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft

• Finnish: pullea (fi)
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• Russian: упи́танный (ru) (upítannyj), то́лстый (ru) (tólstyj)

Noun

adipose (uncountable)

1. Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
   • 2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, ‎Theodore Mazzone (editors), Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii

     As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Translations

animal fat stored in the tissue of the body

• Bulgarian: тлъстина (bg) (tlǎstina)
• Finnish: rasvakudos (fi), ihra (fi)
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• Russian: живо́тный жир (ru) (živótnyj žir)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) French: adipeux, -euse
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• (deprecated template usage) Ido: gras-oza, -atra

Related terms

• adipocyte
• adipocere
• adipokine

Further reading

• Adipose tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Noun

adipose f (plural adiposes)

1. adiposis

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Italian

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective adiposo.

Anagrams

• esapodi

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) adipōse

1. vocative masculine singular of adipōsus

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Portuguese

Noun

1. (medicine) adiposis (accumulation of adipose tissue)