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brown adipose tissues

brown adipose tissues is the plural of brown adipose tissue.

Meaning of brown adipose tissue

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

Questions about brown adipose tissues

What is brown adipose tissues the plural of?
Brown adipose tissues is the plural of brown adipose tissue.

Words near brown adipose tissues in the dictionary

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

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