(anatomy, medicine, usually) fat, as fat tissue or fat cells. / (anatomy, medicine) fat, as a form of lipid, either contained in such tissue, free/unbound, or carried in circulation by lipoproteins.

A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis

Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty. / Slightly overweight; chubby.

Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.

(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy

(anatomy) Connective tissue which stores fat, and which cushions and insulates the body.

(ichthyology) A soft, fleshy fin located behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin, found fish of certain families, believed to have some sensory function.

(medicine, physiology) One of the two types of adipose tissue present in mammals, providing heat insulation, mechanical cushion, and a source of energy, and comprising as much as 20% of the body weight in men and 25% of the body weight in women.

(anatomy, physiology) One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarilyy serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.

adipokine