adipose
adjective/ˈædɪpəʊs/, /ˈædɪpəʊz/
/ˈædɪpəʊs/, /ˈædɪpəʊz/
(specialist)- (of body tissue) used for storing fatWord Originmid 18th cent.: from modern Latin adiposus, from adeps, adip- ‘fat’.
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