adipo-

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See also: ádipo

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Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin adeps.

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adipo-

  1. (anatomy, medicine, usually) fat, as fat tissue or fat cells.
  2. (anatomy, medicine) fat, as a form of lipid, either contained in such tissue, free/unbound, or carried in circulation by lipoproteins.

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Italian

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adipo-

  1. (anatomy, medicine) adipo-

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adipo-

  1. (anatomy, medicine) adipo- (relating to fat)