Etymology From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.
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Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.2003, Dr. Andrew Packard, The Packard Weight Health Plan:
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Slightly overweight; chubby.
This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.2012, Ruth Petrie, “Not So Lovely in the Garden”, in Notes from the Garden:
Etymology From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.
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Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone, editors, Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii: