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adipose, a. and n.|ˌædɪˈpəʊs|
[ad. mod.L. adipōs-us fatty; f. adeps, adip-em fat.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to adeps, or animal fat; fatty. adipose fin: a small, rayless, fleshy dorsal fin present in certain fishes, notably those of the salmon family. adipose tissue: the vesicular structure in the animal body, which contains the fat.
1743tr. Heister's Surg. 324 Encysted Tumours in the adipose Parts of the Neck. 1794Paley Nat. Theol. xi, The cellular or adipose membrane which lies immediately under the skin. 1804G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 59 *Adipose fin small, pale, and tipped with brown. c1854Carpenter Man. Phys. i. iii. (1856) 165 Adipose tissue is composed of isolated cells..which have the power of appropriating fatty matter from the blood. 1881Mivart Cat 18 Fat, or adipose tissue, consists of round or oval vesicles containing an oily matter. 1887F. Day Brit. & Irish Salmonidæ 227 Three had a slight orange tinge on the adipose fin, and..a few red spots on the body. 1962K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyol. vi. 183 In some fishes, such as the trouts and their relatives (Salmonidae;..), and the catfishes (Ictaluridae), one of the dorsal fins has no rays at all and is a fleshy structure termed an adipose fin. 1979L. Cacutt Brit. Freshwater Fishes iv. 91 Here is another relative of the widespread salmon family, wearing that badge of fishy aristocracy, the adipose fin.
B. n. [sc. substance.] The animal fat; the oil or fat which fills the vesicles of the adipose tissue; which in life is semifluid, but at death becomes solid, and is known as suet or tallow.
1865A. L. Adams in Intell. Observ. No. 42, 435 The external adipose on the loins. |