Meanings
adjectiveadipescent (comparative more adipescent, superlative most adipescent)
comparative more adipescent · superlative most adipescent
- medicineDeveloping fatty deposits.
The liver appears to have also been in the adipescent state.
1850, The edinburgh medical and surgical journal, page 4582 more examples
The size and weight which the adipescent liver may acquire varies from five to eight or nine pounds.
1851, David Craigie, Elements of general and pathological anatomy, page 901The earliest sign of fat cell differentiation in the adipescent fibroblasts is the appearance of small cytoplasmic vacuoles.
2000, Jeffrey A. Klein, Tumescent Technique
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with adipescent
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