adipose cell

Other forms: adipose cells

Definitions of adipose cell
  1. noun
    cells composed of fat
    synonyms: fat cell
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    type 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
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