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adiposes

adiposes is the plural of adiposis.

Meaning of adiposis

Noun

adiposis (countable and uncountable, plural adiposes)

  1. A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.
    • These adiposes are etiologically divisible into two types; those, on the one hand, which constitute a phenomenon of hypo- or athyroidea; and, those, on the other hand, which are sequela to hypoplasias and to functional errors in the germinal organs (castration, genital infantilism, etc).1922, Julius Parker Sedgwick, Text-Book of Pediatrics, page 210
    Synonyms:
    liposis, polysarcia

Origin of adiposes

adipo- + -oses

Questions about adiposes

What is adiposes the plural of?
Adiposes is the plural of adiposis.

Words near adiposes in the dictionary

  1. adipose fin
  2. adipose fins
  3. adipose tissue
  4. adipose tissues
  5. adiposeness
  6. adiposes
  7. adiposis
  8. adiposis dolorosa
  9. adipositas
  10. adiposities
  11. adipositis

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