fat-soluble

adj — 2 senses

adj

Soluble in lipids, and in organic solvents; soluble in fats.

Medicine, Sciences Tending to accumulate in the fat and adipose tissue of the body.

Lyme Disease toxins and most of the toxins produced by industrialized manufacturing are fat-soluble, so named because they accumulate in the body's fat stores.2007, Bryan Rosner, Julie Byers, Michael Huckleberry, The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments, page 143:

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