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Adipose tissue
(redirected from Body fat)

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adipose tissue
n.
A connective tissue consisting chiefly of fat cells surrounded by reticular fibers and arranged in lobular groups or along the course of one of the smaller blood vessels.
Adipose tissue
Fat tissue.
Mentioned in: Obesity
adipose tissue (ad´pōs´),
n a connective tissue composed of a collection of fat cells.
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