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adipose tissue
noun
- loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adipose tissue1
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Example Sentences
The sedentary habit grew upon him; the vital organs got clogged with adipose tissue.
Such ethereal food is highly unproductive of adipose tissue, and the poet needs adipose like any other man.
All tissues are subject to the same, most marked is the disappearance of adipose tissue.
Evidence of this soon appears in the circumstance that the deposit of adipose tissue is no longer confined to the proper places.
The deeper portion of the true skin is known as the reticular portion, and is largely composed of adipose tissue.
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