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lipocyte /lipo·cyte/ (-sīt) 1. a fat cell. 2. a fat-storing cell of the liver.
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This unpublished work, he told SCIENCE NEWS, indicates that lecithin breaks down fibrous tissue formed when alcohol "transforms" the liver's lipocytes (cells that normally store vitamin A) into scar-tissue factories. |
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