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adipose

[ad-uh-pohs] / ˈæd əˌpoʊs /


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It also helps maintain healthy insulin signaling in important metabolic tissues, including the liver, muscles, and adipose tissue.

From Science Daily Jun. 22, 2026

Without HSL in the nucleus, fat cells may lose their ability to stay healthy and properly maintain adipose tissue.

From Science Daily May 8, 2026

Male obesity has been linked to low sperm count, via bifold mechanisms of increased conversion of testosterone to estrogen by adipose cells and by scrotal hyperthermia.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2026

In fact, says Coviello, under certain still unknown conditions or at a still-to-be-determined point, healthy adipose tissue acquires pathological qualities.

From Salon Jan. 24, 2025

It was rather like the adipose fin of a fish, but gaudy.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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