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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
fat·ty1       [fat-ee] Pronunciation Key adjective, -ti·er, -ti·est.
–adjective
1.consisting of, containing, or resembling fat: fatty tissue.
2.Pathology. characterized by overproduction or excessive accumulation of fat.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see fat, -y1]

fat·ti·ly, adverb
fat·ti·ness, noun
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fat·ty2       [fat-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ties. Informal: Often Disparaging and Offensive.
a person who is overweight or obese.

[Origin: 1790–1800; fat + -y2]
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fat·ty       (fāt'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   fat·ti·er, fat·ti·est
  1. Containing or composed of fat: fatty food; fatty deposits.
  2. Characteristic of fat; greasy.
  3. Derived from or chemically related to fat.

n.   pl. fat·ties Offensive
A fat person.

fat'ti·ly adv., fat'ti·ness n.
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fatty

adjective
1. containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" [ant: fat-free

noun
1. a rotund individual [syn: fatso] [ant: scrag

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

fatty fat·ty (fāt'ē)
n.

  1. Containing or composed of fat.
  2. Characteristic of fat; greasy.
  3. Derived from or chemically related to fat.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fatty

Fat"ty\, a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance.

Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances.

Fatty clays. See under Clay.

Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.

Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.

Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter.

Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma.

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