ADIPOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adipose mean? 

• ADIPOSE (adjective)
  The adjective ADIPOSE has 1 sense:

1. composed of animal fat

  Familiarity information: ADIPOSE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADIPOSE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Composed of animal fat

Context example:

adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat

Similar:

fat; fatty (containing or composed of fat)

Derivation:

adiposeness; adiposity (having the property of containing fat)

 Context examples 

Obese individuals have elevated levels in adipose tissue of a key enzyme in glucocorticoid metabolism, 11beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11betaHSD-1). 11betaHSD-1 interconverts inactive corticosteroids and the active form.

(Metabolic Syndrome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Mesenchymal, Non-Meningothelial Tumors are benign and malignant mesenchymal tumors originating in the CNS or the meninges and showing fibrous, fibrohistiocytic, adipose, myoid, endothelial, chondroid or osseous, but not meningothelial differentiation.

(Mesenchymal Non-Meningothelial Tumor of the Central Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)

A neoplastic process characterized by a symmetric poorly circumscribed overgrowth of adipose tissue in the neck.

(Cervical Symmetrical Lipomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm within the cerebral hemisphere often associated with partial or complete agenesis of the corpus callosum.

(Cerebral Hemisphere Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Brown-colored adipose tissue that contains numerous small droplets of lipids and high numbers of mitochondria as its primary function is to generate body heat.

(Brown Adipose Tissue, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Brown-colored adipose tissue that is present in higher concentrations in newborns and hibernating animals.

(Brown Adipose Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the heart usually originating in the epicardial or pericardial fatty tissue.

(Cardiac Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the central nervous system frequently found in midline locations such as the corpus callosum, the quadrigeminal plate, the hypothalamus, the spinal canal or the cauda equina.

(Central Nervous System Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant mesenchymal neoplasm originating in the central nervous system or the meninges and showing fibrous, fibrohistiocytic, adipose, myoid, endothelial, chondroid or osseous, but not meningothelial differentiation.

(Central Nervous System Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

A biologic subset of breast carcinoma with a unique molecular signature or expression profile, defined by high expression of many genes expressed by adipose and other non-epithelial tissues.

(Normal Breast-Like Subtype of Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)