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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Adipose

/ăd'-əp-ōsˌ/ · Ad·i·pose · IPA /ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/
01 n. The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifie…
  1. 1.
    The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death.(Physiol.)
02 a. Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
Phrases & compounds
Adipose fin — a soft boneless fin.
Adipose tissue — that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.