adipose
UK/ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs//ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/
adipose adjective: containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
Adjective
adipose (comparative more adipose, superlative most adipose)
- Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.2003, Dr. Andrew Packard, The Packard Weight Health Plan
- Synonyms:
- fatty
- Slightly overweight; chubby.
- This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.2012, Ruth Petrie, “Not So Lovely in the Garden”, in Notes from the Garden
Noun
adipose (uncountable)
- Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
- As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone, editors, Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii
adipose meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic
adipose in Tamil
- கொழுப்பேறிய, கொழுப்புத் தன்மையுடைய
adipose in Urdu
- چَربیلا, چَربی چَڑھا, مُرغَن, شَحیم
adipose in Kannada
- ಕೊಬ್ಬು, ಮೇದಸ್ಸು, ಕೊಬ್ಬಿನ, ಕೊಬ್ಬುಗೂಡಿದ
adipose in Arabic
- containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- دُهْنِيّ duhniyy
- animal fat stored in the tissue of the body
- نَسِيْج دُهْنِيّ nasiyj duhniyy
More languagesFewer languages
- adipose in Indonesian
- adiposa
Synonyms of adipose
Forms of adipose
| comparative | more adipose |
|---|---|
| superlative | most adipose |
Origin of adipose
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.
Words formed from adipose
Phrases with adipose
Words that rhyme with adipose
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
- joes
Questions about adipose
- What does adipose mean?
- Adipose means containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- What is adipose in Tamil?
- Adipose in Tamil is கொழுப்பேறிய, கொழுப்புத் தன்மையுடைய. See Adipose meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is adipose?
- Adipose can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce adipose?
- Adipose is pronounced /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs/ (UK).
Words near adipose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adipose (page history and authors); adipose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adipose (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adipose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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