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fatty

[fat-ee] / ˈfæt i /
ADJECTIVE
full of adipose tissue
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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Long used for weight loss and diabetes, the Food and Drug Administration has approved certain GLP-1s for additional uses, including obstructive sleep apnea, chronic kidney disease and severe fatty liver disease.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

But other drugs in Roche’s pipeline such as enicepatide for obesity, pegozafermin for fatty liver disease and fenebrutinib for multiple sclerosis could see upgrades to consensus expectations, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Further experiments showed that pterostilbene did not work by preventing fatty acids from entering the muscle cells.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

Unlike fat stored under the skin, lipid droplets that accumulate within muscle cells can interfere with normal muscle function and make it harder for the body to efficiently use glucose and fatty acids.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

She piled our plates with succulent fatty ribs and steaming collard greens and passed around a basket with neatly cut squares of corn bread, which we slathered with butter.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

I’d probably be considered a bad fatty and so would a lot of other fatties I know.

From Time Jan. 5, 2015

And I know it's a morality tale like Shockheaded Peter, but those children were bullies and pyromaniacs, not shy fatties.

From The Guardian Jun. 26, 2013

Pigeons don’t migrate, though, and despite their seasonal weight gain, birds tend not to be among the world’s top fatties.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2012

“No. They’re sports stars, actors, artists. The men with stringy hair are musicians, I think. The really ugly ones are politicians, and someone told me the fatties are mostly comedians.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Say, all the fifty-seven varieties was represented,—tall ones, short ones, thin ones,219 plump ones, and plain fatties.

From Torchy by George Brehm

It could be that processing the ground pork patties, which involved grinding the meat and adding the fattier meat to the lean, affected the kinetics of digestion.

From Science Daily Oct. 15, 2025

“Oils are added to products to help create a creamier, fattier flavor profile,” she says.

From Seattle Times May 2, 2024

They often import lean beef from countries such as Australia and New Zealand to blend with fattier U.S. supplies to make hamburgers.

From Reuters Nov. 10, 2023

In this recipe, she notes that instead of buying chicken stock, she simmers boneless, skinless chicken thighs — fattier and more flavorful than the breast meat — with aromatics to create a base.

From Washington Post Jan. 10, 2023

"I wonder if you have anything to do with an old friend of my fattier, Archdeacon Bakkus?"

From The Mountebank by William John Locke

The brain is the body's fattiest organ, with fatty compounds called lipids making up 60% of its weight.

From Science Daily Feb. 5, 2024

Chinook are the biggest, fattiest and highest-quality salmon.

From Seattle Times Mar. 31, 2023

Many people nowadays shy from eating pork, especially the fattiest parts, but it serves as the base and the literal meat and bones of Hoppin’ John.

From Washington Post Dec. 23, 2022

Cold water produces the biggest, fattiest varieties of zooplankton.

From Washington Times Jan. 15, 2020

A lumbering, chunky beast clad in a sheep-like coat of hair, it is the hairiest and fattiest of pigs.

From The Guardian Dec. 27, 2019




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