ADIPOSIS

corpulence, overweight, stoutness, adiposis

(noun) the property of excessive fatness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

adiposis (countable and uncountable, plural adiposes)

(medical) A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.

Synonyms

• (accumulation of fatty tissue): polysarcia

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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