Usually means: Fat tissue in the body.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. adipose: Merriam-Webster
  2. adipose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. adipose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. adipose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. adipose: Vocabulary.com
  6. Adipose, adipose: Wordnik
  7. adipose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. adipose: Wiktionary
  9. adipose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. adipose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. adipose: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. adipose: Dictionary.com
  13. adipose: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Adipose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Adipose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. adipose: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. adipose: Rhymezone
  18. Adipose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. adipose: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. adipose: FreeDictionary.org
  21. adipose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. adipose: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. adipose: Merriam-Webster

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  1. adipose: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. adipose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Adipose: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  7. adipose: Medical Etymology Anatomy
  8. adipose: Medical dictionary
  9. Adipose: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Adipose: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See adiposity as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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▸ adjective:  Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
▸ adjective:  Slightly overweight; chubby.
▸ noun:  Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.

Similar:
fatty, fat, adipous, adipogenic, adipocerous, adipocytic, adiposogenital, adipometric, adipokinic, lipoid, more...

Opposite:
lean, slender, thin, slim

Types:
visceral, subcutaneous, omental, abdominal, more...

Phrases:
adipose tissue, adipose cells, adipose tissues, adipose fin, adipose cell, more...

Adjectives:
human, subcutaneous, second, brown, dietary, small, white, more, dorsal, excess, rat

Colors:
    ivory,     cream,     beige,     pale yellow,     light brown, more...
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Similar:
fatty, fat, adipous, adipogenic, adipocerous, adipocytic, adiposogenital, adipometric, adipokinic, lipoid, more...

Opposite:
lean, slender, thin, slim

Types:
visceral, subcutaneous, omental, abdominal, more...

Phrases:
adipose tissue, adipose cells, adipose tissues, adipose fin, adipose cell, adipose capsule, adipose fins, adipose eyelid, adipose tumor, brown adipose tissue, adipose infiltration, white adipose tissue, more...

Adjectives:
human, subcutaneous, second, brown, dietary, small, white, more, dorsal, excess, rat

Colors:
    ivory,     cream,     beige,     pale yellow,     light brown, more...



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