Usually means: Stores energy, regulates metabolic functions.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. fat cell: Merriam-Webster.com
  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: Free Dictionary
  11. fat cell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. fat cell: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. fat cell: Legal dictionary

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  1. fat cell: Encyclopedia

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

(Note: See fat_cells as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (fat cell)

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

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