adipose tissue

English

Noun

adipose tissue (countable and uncountable, plural adipose tissues)

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

Synonyms

• bodyfat

Derived terms

• brown adipose tissue
• white adipose tissue

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 (gl) 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

• adipocyte
• blubber

Further reading

• adipose tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia