Usually means: Stored energy in fat cells.
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  1. adipose tissue: Merriam-Webster
  2. adipose tissue: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. adipose tissue: Vocabulary.com
  4. adipose-tissue, adipose tissue: Wordnik
  5. Adipose tissue (fat), Adipose tissue (fatty tissue): InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  6. adipose tissue: Wiktionary
  7. adipose tissue: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. adipose tissue: Dictionary.com
  9. Adipose tissue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. adipose tissue: Rhymezone
  11. adipose tissue: FreeDictionary.org
  12. adipose tissue: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. adipose tissue: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. adipose tissue: Merriam-Webster

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  1. adipose tissue: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. adipose tissue: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  9. adipose tissue: Medical dictionary
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(Note: See adipose_tissues as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (adipose tissue)

noun:  (anatomy) Connective tissue which stores fat, and which cushions and insulates the body.

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