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单词 brown fat
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Definition of brown fat in English:

brown fat

noun
mass noun
  • A dark-coloured adipose tissue with many blood vessels, involved in the rapid production of heat in hibernating animals and human babies.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They may be composed purely of mature adipocytes, or of brown fat, or of adipocytes in combination with mature smooth muscle and vascular elements (angiomyolipoma).
    • Scientists have measured higher rates of bodily heat production only in the flight muscles of some insects and, possibly, the brown fat of hamsters.
    • Unlike normal white fat that stores surplus energy, brown fat generates heat in response to cold or excess caloric intake.
 
 

Definition of brown fat in US English:

brown fat

nounbroun fat
  • A dark-colored adipose tissue with many blood vessels, involved in the rapid production of heat in hibernating animals and human babies.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unlike normal white fat that stores surplus energy, brown fat generates heat in response to cold or excess caloric intake.
    • They may be composed purely of mature adipocytes, or of brown fat, or of adipocytes in combination with mature smooth muscle and vascular elements (angiomyolipoma).
    • Scientists have measured higher rates of bodily heat production only in the flight muscles of some insects and, possibly, the brown fat of hamsters.
 
 
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