plural of adipose tissue

(medicine, sometimes euphemistic) Abdominal obesity.

(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.

plural of brown adipose tissue