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Adipose [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Fat. The adipose membrane is the cellular membrane, containing the fat in its cells, and consisting of ductile membranes, connected by a sort of net-work. The adipose vein spreads itself on the coat and fat that covers the kidneys. The adipose ducts are the bags and ducts which contain the fat.

Adipose [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.

Adipose Encyclopedia Britannica

ADIPOSE(adeps, fat), a term in Anatomy, signifying fatty; as adipose tissue, adipose cell, &c.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 154
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Adiposeness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Adiposity