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fatty

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


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AstraZeneca said the collaboration would focus on difficult-to-treat cardiometabolic diseases such as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, also known as fatty liver disease, and cardiomyopathies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The researchers divided participants into groups according to when they typically ate, then compared those patterns with reports of fatty liver disease and cirrhosis.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

According to the researchers' calculations, short-chain fatty acids absorbed from the colon supplied an average of approximately 140 calories per day.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The researchers discovered that polyethylene exposure increased indicators of fatty liver disease even without the added influence of an unhealthy diet.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“You know the doctor doesn’t want you to eat any fatty foods,” Mama said.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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

You start with bone-in, skin-on thighs, which tend to be fattier than other cuts of chicken.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023

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

Forage fish feed on zooplankton, and cold water produces the biggest, fattiest versions, said Shannon Atkinson, a physiologist and researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2017


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