adipose.

Relating to, containing, or consisting of fatty tissue in the body.

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Words that belong together

• adipose tissue
• an adipose layer

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An adipose layer showed beneath the split synthetic skin.

The growth displaced the adipose tissue without yet reaching the muscle.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Relational or structural adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.