adipo-

prefix — 2 senses

adipo-

prefix

Etymology From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin adeps.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Morpheme, Usually fat, as fat tissue or fat cells.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Morpheme fat, as a form of lipid, either contained in such tissue, free/unbound, or carried in circulation by lipoproteins.

Related terms: lipo-

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