fat
adjective
having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese.
fatlike
-
a word derived from
fat.
Example Sentences
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Without HexA, however, this fatlike substance can accumulate to toxic levels that damage and kill neurons.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 15, 2022
This enzyme breaks down a fatlike substance that normally exists in very small, harmless amounts in the brain.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 15, 2022
Cell membranes—the molecular envelopes that surround cells and allow their exchange of chemicals with the world outside—are basically made of fatlike molecules.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg
