Meanings
comparative more fat-soluble · superlative most fat-soluble
- Soluble in lipids, and in organic solvents; soluble in fats.
fat-soluble vitamin
Synonyms: liposoluble
- medicineTending to accumulate in the fat and adipose tissue of the body.
Lyme Disease toxins and most of the toxins produced by industrialized manufacturing are fat-soluble, so named because they accumulate in the body's fat stores.
2007, Bryan Rosner, Julie Byers, Michael Huckleberry, The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments, page 143Synonyms: liposoluble
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSoluble in lipids, and in organic solvents; soluble in fats.
adjectiveTending to accumulate in the fat and adipose tissue of the body.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesoluble in fats
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish fedtopløselig
- fedtopløseligdissolving easily in fat
Finnish rasvaliukoinen
- rasvaliukoinendissolving easily in fat
Greek λιποδιαλυτός
- λιποδιαλυτός (lipodialytós)dissolving easily in fat
Hungarian zsírban oldódó
- zsírban oldódódissolving easily in fat
Norwegian Bokmål fettløselig
- fettløseligdissolving easily in fat
Polish rozpuszczalny w tłuszczach
- rozpuszczalny w tłuszczachdissolving easily in fat
Swedish fettlöslig
- fettlösligdissolving easily in fat
Cite this entry
fat-soluble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat-soluble
“fat-soluble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat-soluble. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fat-soluble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat-soluble.
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