adipose tissue

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noun

loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate.

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Origin of adipose tissue

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby adipose tissue

adipose cell, adipose degeneration, adipose fin, adipose fossa, adipose infiltration, adipose tissue, adiposis, adiposis cardiaca, adiposis dolorosa, adiposis tuberosa simplex, adiposogenital dystrophy

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Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
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She dabbed them with a tissue and continued without ceremony.
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Among them were some horrifying images of severe damage to nasal tissue caused by a child lodging a button battery in her nose.
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They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.
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Must both ovarian and testicular tissue be present for a person to be “counted”?
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
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Even slight familiarity with the microscopic structure of vegetable tissue will prevent the chagrin of such errors.
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They robed her in white with a thin lining-edge of crimson, and threw over her shining hair a veil of tissue.
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There are acids that completely dissolve bone tissue and even clothing but circumstances usually reveal these crimes.
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Upon such a tissue of conjectural absurdities the wonderful opinion of the immortality of the soul is built.
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Medical definitions for adipose tissue

adipose tissue

n.

A connective tissue consisting chiefly of fat cells surrounded by reticular fibers and arranged in lobular groups or along the course of one of the smaller blood vessels.

Cultural definitions for adipose tissue

adipose tissue

[ (ad-uh-pohs) ]

Connective tissue that contains cells filled with fat; fat tissue.

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