adipousadj.

1667 H. Oldenburg in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 553 Many Vessels, which may be call'd Adipous or Fatty.

1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) i. 14/2 Picolominus has asserted..that in Living Creatures the oylie Vapors of the refin'd Blood, would breath out in great Quantitie through the Pores of the Skin, unless some thick and cold Membrane (which Malpigius calls the Adipous Membrane) should restrain and curdle 'em together.

1727 P. Shaw & E. Chambers tr. H. Boerhaave New Method Chem. 61 This oil is often separately contained in the peculiar vessels or cells of plants..which are to them what the adipous membrane is to us.

1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties (ed. 2) I. 358 Their muscles and their adipous membranes are left porous and spungey.

1845 S. D. Gross Elements Pathol. Anat. (ed. 2) 201 The brain has no adipous substance, at least not in a free state.

1901 P. N. Hasluck Taxidermy v. 101 Adipous fin yellow, bordered with brown.

2004 P. G. Casali & P. Picci in F. Cavalli et al. Textbk. Med. Oncol. xi. 236/2 (caption) A well-differentiated, low-grade liposarcoma.., resembling normal adipous tissue.