ADIPOSE CELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cells composed of fat

Synonyms:

adipose cell; fat cell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("adipose cell" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Meronyms (substance of "adipose cell"):

fat (a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides))

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