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adipose

adi·pose

UK/ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs/ US/ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊz/ uncommon

adjective

1.

composed of animal fat

  • “adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat”
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Origin

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.

Phrases

  • adipose fin
  • adipose tissue

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