adipose tissue

American  

noun

1. loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate.

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adipose tissue Cultural  

1. Connective tissue that contains cells filled with fat; fat tissue.

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Etymology

Origin of adipose tissue

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

It did this by boosting the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and stimulating thermogenesis in adipose tissue, leading the tissue to consume more energy in the form of heat.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2025

In fact, says Coviello, under certain still unknown conditions or at a still-to-be-determined point, healthy adipose tissue acquires pathological qualities.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025

Unlike carbohydrates, which are stored in muscle and liver as glycogen, and fats, which are stored in adipose tissue, we have nowhere to store excess protein/amino acids.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024

For instance, evidence suggested sympathetic nerves plug into the main kind of fat, white adipose tissue, but researchers hadn’t been able to confirm a direct connection in living animals.

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024

He is, according to Wiggins, a patriot of the finest type—only prevented from going to the front by the claims of business, a family of nine, and a certain superfluity of adipose tissue.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 by Various