Adipose Tissue

Definition: Adipose Tissue

Adipose Tissue

Noun

1. A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold".

Specialty Definitions: Adipose Tissue

Domain	Definitions
Health	Connective tissue composed of fat cells lodged in the meshes of areolar tissue. (references)
Medicine	Another variant of fibroelastic tissue is --, in which fat cells are the most abundant component. Each fat cell contains. . . fat vacuoles that fill. . . cellular space. Source: European Union. (references)
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Commercial Usage: Adipose Tissue

Domain	Title
Books	Adipose Tissue in Childhood (reference) Alphab1s-adrenergic receptors in brown adipose tissue : thermogenic significance and mode of action (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Adipose Tissue

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Adipose tissue is a normal constituent of the human body that serves the important function of storing energy as fat for mobilization in response to metabolic demands. (references)
		In the obese nondiabetic individual, the principal target tissues for insulin (liver, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue) do not respond appropriately to those levels of the hormone found in nonobese individuals. (references)
		Current areas of investigation include (1) functions of the insulin receptor subsequent to hormone binding, (2) the glucose transport process in muscle and adipose tissue, and (3) the status of those factors that may be the intracellular mediators of insulin action. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adipose Tissue

Modern Translations: Adipose Tissue

Language		Translations for "adipose tissue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		tissu adipeux. (various references)

German		fettgewebe (fatty tissue). (various references)

Greek		λιπώδης ιστός. (various references)

Manx		sahll (fat, grease, saim, white flesh). (various references)

Pig Latin		adiposeay issuetay

Swedish		fettvävnad (adipose, fat). (various references)

Turkish		yağdoku. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Adipose Tissue

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-o-p-s-s-s-t-u"
	-3 letters: despiteous, dispiteous, dissipates, epistasies.
	-4 letters: autopsied, autopsies, dioptases, dissipate, epistases, epistasis, outpassed, outpasses, outspeeds, petasoses, petasuses, seditious, sidesteps.
	-5 letters: adiposes, adiposis, adoptees, assisted, deposits, deputies, despises, despites, dioptase, diseases, diseuses, disposes, disputes, disseats, disseise, epidotes, episodes, epitases, epitasis, espoused, espouses, outsides, outspeed, pastises, podestas, poetised, poetises, poussies, pussiest, seasides, sidestep, soapiest, soapsuds, soupiest, stapedes, steadies, sudsiest, topsides, uptossed, uptosses.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-o-p-s-s-s-t-u"
	+4 letters: depressurizations.
	+5 letters: disputatiousnesses, supersophisticated.
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