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adipescent

adipescent adjective: developing fatty deposits.

Adjective

adipescent (comparative more adipescent, superlative most adipescent)

  1. Developing fatty deposits.
    • The liver appears to have also been in the adipescent state.1850, The edinburgh medical and surgical journal, page 458
    • The size and weight which the adipescent liver may acquire varies from five to eight or nine pounds.1851, David Craigie, Elements of general and pathological anatomy, page 901

Forms of adipescent

comparativemore adipescent
superlativemost adipescent

Origin of adipescent

From adip- + -escent.

Words that rhyme with adipescent

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about adipescent

What does adipescent mean?
Adipescent means developing fatty deposits.
What part of speech is adipescent?
Adipescent is an adjective.

Words near adipescent in the dictionary

  1. adipamides
  2. adipate
  3. adipates
  4. adipectomies
  5. adipectomy
  6. adipescent
  7. adiphenine
  8. adipic
  9. adipic acid
  10. adipimidate
  11. adipimidates

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