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
   • One should always differentiate between adiposis and panniculopathia-oedemato-fibrosclerotica (the so-called cellulite).2004, Günther Wittlinger, Hildegard Wittlinger, Textbook of Dr. Vodders: Manual Lymph Drainage, Volume 1: Basic Course, 7th Edition, Complementary Medicine Series, page 92

   Synonyms:

   liposis, polysarcia