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fatty

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


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By suppressing PCSK9, the treatment helps cells remove more cholesterol from the bloodstream, potentially reducing the buildup of fatty plaques inside arteries that can lead to atherosclerosis.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 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

Reduced short-chain fatty acid concentrations were also found in both subsequent generations.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Lunch was a bowl of steaming-hot potato soup, beans, narrow rashers of fatty bacon, and fresh brown bread.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

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

They also pushed for more lean cuts of meat, specifically chops and tenderloins, which, in turn, caused the price of fattier cuts to drop significantly.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2023

The creamy yet light sauce is made with wild mushrooms, while the cut for the cutlets is the fattier parts of pork loin that Kanczugowski trims in the making of schnitzel.

From Seattle Times Apr. 15, 2022

He can never more be in danger, unless he suffers fatty degeneration of the heart or fattier degeneration of the head.

From Comic Bible Sketches Reprinted from "The Freethinker" by G. W. (George William) Foote

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

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

Turn off heat and add ham hock, with its fattiest side up, to the pot, then surround it with the carrots and onion.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2018




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