FATTY TISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fatty tissue mean? 

• FATTY TISSUE (noun)
  The noun FATTY TISSUE has 1 sense:

1. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs

  Familiarity information: FATTY TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FATTY TISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

adipose tissue; fat; fatty tissue

Context example:

fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold

Hypernyms ("fatty tissue" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fatty tissue"):

flab (loose or flaccid body fat)

atheroma (a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow)

cellulite (lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc.)

puppy fat (fat on the body of a baby or child; disappears at adolescence)

mons; mons pubis; mons veneris (a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women)

belly; paunch (a protruding abdomen)

love handle; spare tire (excess fat around the waistline)

 Context examples 

The tumor shows invasion through the capsule and into the surrounding fatty tissue.

(Masaoka Stage IIb, NCI Thesaurus)

It is predominantly found in males and usually originates within the fatty tissue between bronchial cartilage.

(Endobronchial Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

In humans, the glands of the breast, consisting of fibrous tissue connecting the lobes and fatty tissue in between the lobes.

(Mammary gland, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common types are lipomas (from adipose or fatty tissues), hemangiomas (from vascular tissues), and benign fibrous histiocytoma (from fibrohistiocytic tissues).

(Benign Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the mechanisms regulating NAFLD progression have been unclear, scientists had suspected that the type of immune response that inflames fatty tissues during obesity, known as type 1 immunity, also worsens liver disease.

(NIH study sheds light on immune responses driving obesity-induced liver disease, National Institutes of Health)

Up until now, scientists knew that leptin — a hormone released by fatty tissue, reduces appetite, while ghrelin — a hormone released by stomach tissue makes us want to eat more.

(New Appetite Control Mechanism Found in Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The cells occur in sheets interspersed with areas of fatty tissue.

(Parathyroid Gland Chief Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A term used in mammography that refers to the replacement of breast tissue with fatty tissue.

(Fatty-replaced breast tissue, NCI Dictionary)

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the heart usually originating in the epicardial or pericardial fatty tissue.

(Cardiac Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed along with fats in the diet and can be stored in the body’s fatty tissue.

(Fat-soluble vitamin, NCI Dictionary)