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fat⋅ty

1  [fat-ee] adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est.
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–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, -y 1

Related forms:
fat⋅ti⋅ly, adverb
fat⋅ti⋅ness, noun

fat⋅ty

2  [fat-ee]
–noun, plural -ties. Informal: Often Disparaging and Offensive.
a person who is overweight or obese.
Origin:
1790–1800; fat + -y 2
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fat·ty   (fāt'ē)   
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

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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Language Translation for : fatty
Spanish: graso,
German: fettig,
Japanese: 脂肪の多い
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Main Entry: fat·ty
Pronunciation: 'fat-E
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: fat·ti·er; -est
1 a : undulystout : CORPULENT b : marked by an abnormal deposit of fat fatty liver><fatty cirrhosis>
2 : derived from or chemically related to fat —fat·ti·ness noun
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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.

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