Crossword clues for adipose
adipose
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\, n. (Physiol.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death.
Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\ (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
Adipose fin (Zo["o]l.), a soft boneless fin.
Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1743, from Modern Latin adiposus "fatty," from Latin adipem (nominative adeps, genitive adipis) "soft fat of animals, fat, lard," from Greek aleipha "unguent, fat," related to lipos "grease, fat" (see leave (v.)). Change of -l- to -d- "prob. due to Umbrian influence" [Klein]. But it could as well be a native Italic formation from the same roots, *ad-leip-a "sticking onto."
Wiktionary
a. 1 Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty. 2 Slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft. n. Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
WordNet
adj. composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "adipose".
Her favrile lamp was in the shape of a swollen and adipose lily, glittering with curious hues, far more hues and more glitter than Solomon had in all his glory.
Simon Templar had ever killed, and he did it rather carefully and conscientiously, in the pellucid knowledge of what they were and what they had done, and to his own absolute judicial satisfaction, shooting Kay Natello three inches above her hollow navel and Cookie in the same umbilical bullseye, as closely as he could estimate it through her adipose camouflage.
Though neither was fattheir diet and life did not allow for the accumulation of adipose tissueMousesqueak had grown to be slightly larger than her sister, perhaps one hundred and fifteen kilos.
The climate and the food plants do not favor the accumulation of adipose tissue by animals, and there is no other source of supply.
I had not as yet fallen away very much, but as I had never, up, to that time, weighed so much as one hundred and twentyfive pounds, there was no great amount of adipose to lose.
They plunged deep into adipose flesh and curled in upon one another, fashioning a grip.
In answer to my questions -- I asked them in a very offhand manner, with an affectation of boredom -- Klepp dejectedly shook his head over an adipose neck, unbuttoned his vest and buttoned it up again, made swimming movements, and acted as if he were under a raft.
Fit as a fiddle only he has a lot of adipose tissue concealed about his person.
They were the first women that Simon Templar had ever killed, and he did it rather carefully and conscientiously, in the pellucid knowledge of what they were and what they had done, and to his own absolute judicial satisfaction, shooting Kay Natello three inches above her hollow navel and Cookie in the same umbilical bullseye, as closely as he could estimate it through her adipose camouflage.
The slave dealer rumbled out a laugh that set most of his adipose body to jiggling.
My own factual knowledge of DBDG anatomy tells me that you are unusually large and well muscled, and singularly lacking in unsightly, wobbly slabs of adipose tissue, for a male of your species.
And then, at 11:22, a substance began leaking through her ceiling: melted adipose tissue from the deceased.
Not only were the head and the hands hacked off, but there was a series of wide, deep gashes in the torso and thighs that exposed swaths of greasy adipose tissue.
Pesticides in general have a fondness for the lipids (fats) and thus tend to wind up in the adipose tissue, or body fat.
Miller was wearing a light gray assault uniform whose loose folds could not conceal a generous load of adipose tissue.