adipose tissue

English

Noun

adipose tissue (countable and uncountable, plural adipose tissues)

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

Synonyms

bodyfat

Derived terms

Translations

connective tissue that stores fat

Bulgarian: мастна тъкан f (mastna tǎkan)
Catalan: teixit adipós m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 脂肪組織／脂肪组织 (zh) (zhīfáng zǔzhī)
Czech: tuková tkáň f
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: vetweefsel (nl) n
Finnish: rasvakudos (fi)
French: tissu adipeux
Galician: tecido adiposo m
German: Fettgewebe (de) n
Greek: λιπώδης ιστός m (lipódis istós)
Hungarian: zsírszövet (hu)
Irish: fíochán saille m
Italian: tessuto adiposo (it) m
Polish: tkanka tłuszczowa (pl)
Portuguese: tecido adiposo m
Romanian: țesut adipos (ro) n
Spanish: tejido adiposo (es) m
Turkish: adipöz doku, yağ doku (tr)
Welsh: meinwe floneg f

See also

Further reading

adipose tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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