FAT METABOLISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fat metabolism mean? 

• FAT METABOLISM (noun)
  The noun FAT METABOLISM has 1 sense:

1. a metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body

  Familiarity information: FAT METABOLISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAT METABOLISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("fat metabolism" is a kind of...):

metabolic process; metabolism (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

 Context examples 

LEPR appears involved in regulation of fat metabolism through hypothalamic effects, angiogenesis, lymphopoiesis, and possibly reproduction.

(Leptin Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

Defects in fat metabolism associated with clinical disorders include lack of carnitine or carnitine transferase, which can lead to weakness and muscle pain during exercise.

(Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Scientists back then believed this was a hormone that connected the brain to the gut, but no one had linked the neuropeptide to fat metabolism in the time since.

(Scientists Find Brain Hormone That Triggers Fat Burning, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This allele, which encodes glucocorticoid receptor protein, is involved in transcriptional regulation that affects a variety of processes such as blood glucose concentration, protein/fat metabolism, inflammatory responses, cellular proliferation, and differentiation.

(NR3C1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Acetone occurs naturally in plants, trees, forest fires, vehicle exhaust and as a breakdown product of animal fat metabolism.

(Acetone, NCI Thesaurus)

For the first time, researchers had found a brain hormone that specifically and selectively stimulates fat metabolism, without any effect on food intake.

(Scientists Find Brain Hormone That Triggers Fat Burning, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)