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語源

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- +‎ -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs/, /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊz/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/
• 韻: -əʊz

形容詞

adipose (comparative more adipose, superlative most adipose)

1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
   • 2003, Dr. Andrew Packard, The Packard Weight Health Plan:

     They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.

2. Slightly overweight; chubby.
   • 2012, Ruth Petrie, “Not So Lovely in the Garden”, in Notes from the Garden:

     This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.

同意語

• (composed of fat): fatty
• (overweight): chubby, chunky, overweight, plump, podgy, tubby

派生語

名詞

adipose (uncountable)

1. Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
   • 2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone, editors, Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii:

     As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.

関連する語

• adipocyte
• adipocere
• adipokine

Further reading

• Adipose tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Iapodes