Usually means: Stores energy, regulates metabolic functions.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. fat cell: Merriam-Webster
  2. fat cell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. fat cell: Vocabulary.com
  4. fat-cell: Wordnik
  5. fat cell: Wiktionary
  6. fat cell: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. fat cell: Dictionary.com
  8. Fat cell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. fat cell: Rhymezone
  10. fat cell: FreeDictionary.org
  11. fat cell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. fat cell: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fat cell: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fat cell: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. fat cell: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cell, fat, Fat cell: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. fat cell: Medical dictionary
  6. Cell, fat, Fat cell: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fat cell)

noun:  (medicine) A cell of the body whose primary function is to store fat.

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