adipose tissue

adipose tissue

noun
loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate.

Origin:
1850–55
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Adipose tissue is always a great word to know.
So is dermis. Does it mean:
also called the sweat gland
sensitive vascular inner mesodermic layer of the skin
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Medical Dictionary

adipose tissue n.
A connective tissue consisting chiefly of fat cells surrounded by reticular fibers and arranged in lobular groups or along the course of one of the smaller blood vessels.

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Cultural Dictionary
adipose tissue [(ad-uh-pohs)]

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

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