adiposis

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UK/ˌæd.ɪˈpəʊ.sɪs/Canada, US/ˌæd.ɪˈpoʊ.sɪs/Australia/ˌæd.ɪˈpəʉ.sɪs/

noun

A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounadiposis (countable and uncountable, plural adiposes)

plural adiposes

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.

    2004, Günther Wittlinger, Hildegard Wittlinger, Textbook of Dr. Vodders: Manual Lymph Drainage, Volume 1: Basic Course, 7th Edition, Complementary Medicine Series, page 92, One should always differentiate between adiposis and panniculopathia-oedemato-fibrosclerotica (the so-called cellulite).

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    These adiposes are etiologically divisible into two types; those, on the one hand, which constitute a phenomenon of hypo- or athyroidea; and, those, on the other hand, which are sequela to hypoplasias and to functional errors in the germinal organs (castration, genital infantilism, etc).

    1922, Julius Parker Sedgwick, Text-Book of Pediatrics, page 210

    The site of the presystolic activation and delayed conduction along the reentrant circuit have been shown to have significant abnormalities such as fibrosis, adiposis, and degeneration of the myocardium. The scattered myocyte islets in the extensive adiposis and/or fibrosis can form an electrical maze around the surgical suture area.

    2009, Ziad F. Issa, John M. Miller, Douglas P. Zipes, Clinical Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease, page 479

    Synonyms: liposis, polysarcia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe property of excessive fatness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian дебелина, тлъстина
  • дебелина (debelina)accumulation of adipose tissue
  • тлъстина (tlăstina)accumulation of adipose tissue
Catalan adiposi
  • adiposiaccumulation of adipose tissue
Finnish adipoosi
  • adipoosiaccumulation of adipose tissue
French adipose
  • adiposeaccumulation of adipose tissue
Portuguese adipose
  • adiposeaccumulation of adipose tissue

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