English

Etymology

From New Latin adip?sus, from Latin adeps ("fat, lard"), probably related to Umbrian (a?epes, "offerings of fat") since ? (?) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /'æd.?.ps/, /'æd.?.pz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /'æd.?.po?s/

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• Rhymes: -z

Adjective

adipose (comparative more adipose, superlative most adipose)

1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
   • 2003, Dr. Andrew Packard, The Packard Weight Health Plan:

     They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.

2. Slightly overweight; chubby.
   • 2012, Ruth Petrie, "Not So Lovely in the Garden", in Notes from the Garden:

     This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.

Synonyms

• (composed of fat): fatty
• (overweight): chubby, chunky, overweight, plump, podgy, tubby

Derived terms

• adipose fin
• adipose tissue

Translations

Noun

adipose (uncountable)

1. Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
   • 2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone, editor, Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii:

     As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Translations

Related terms

• adipocyte
• adipocere
• adipokine

Further reading

• Adipose tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

adipose f (plural adiposes)

1. adiposis

Further reading

• "adipose", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

adipose f pl

1. feminine plural of adiposo

Anagrams

• esapodi

Latin

Adjective

adip?se

1. vocative masculine singular of adip?sus

Portuguese

Noun

adipose f (usually uncountable, plural adiposes)

1. (medicine) adiposis (accumulation of adipose tissue)