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brown adipose tissue

brown adipose tissue noun: one of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.

Noun

brown adipose tissue (countable and uncountable, plural brown adipose tissues)

  1. One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.
    Synonyms:
    BAT, brown fat

Synonyms of brown adipose tissue

Forms of brown adipose tissue

pluralbrown adipose tissues

Questions about brown adipose tissue

What does brown adipose tissue mean?
Brown adipose tissue means one of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.
What part of speech is brown adipose tissue?
Brown adipose tissue is a noun.
What is the plural of brown adipose tissue?
The plural of brown adipose tissue is brown adipose tissues.

Words near brown adipose tissue in the dictionary

  1. browline
  2. browlines
  3. browman
  4. browmen
  5. brown
  6. brown adipose tissue
  7. brown adipose tissues
  8. brown ale
  9. brown ales
  10. brown alga
  11. brown algae

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