Examples of adipose in a Sentence
seals have a thick layer of adipose tissue, which acts as insulation against the cold and contributes to buoyancy as well
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Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures.
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New Atlas, 23 Nov. 2025
The air—the air was too thick with adipose food-truck fumes.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
This compound is believed to target adipose fat tissue, including the stubborn fat that many of us suffer from in the abdomen area.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2023
There are two kinds of fat on the body—adipose and visceral fat.
—Men's Health, 13 Jan. 2023
Blish and her team studied the adipose cells—or fat cells—of patients who died of COVID-19.
—Grady McGregor, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2021
Above the docks on the boardwalk, a black lab pulled an elderly man eagerly toward the water; a Millennial couple, comfortably adipose, pushed their sleeping baby in a stroller.
—Judith Lewis Mernit, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2021
Further complicating things, our data show that sponsors are using MSCs extracted from a hodgepodge of sources: blood from the umbilical cord, the wall of the umbilical cord itself, bone marrow, adipose (fat) tissue, and dental pulp.
—Paul Knoepfler, STAT, 27 June 2021
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New Atlas, 23 Nov. 2025
The air—the air was too thick with adipose food-truck fumes.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
This compound is believed to target adipose fat tissue, including the stubborn fat that many of us suffer from in the abdomen area.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2023
There are two kinds of fat on the body—adipose and visceral fat.
—Men's Health, 13 Jan. 2023
Blish and her team studied the adipose cells—or fat cells—of patients who died of COVID-19.
—Grady McGregor, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2021
Above the docks on the boardwalk, a black lab pulled an elderly man eagerly toward the water; a Millennial couple, comfortably adipose, pushed their sleeping baby in a stroller.
—Judith Lewis Mernit, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2021
Further complicating things, our data show that sponsors are using MSCs extracted from a hodgepodge of sources: blood from the umbilical cord, the wall of the umbilical cord itself, bone marrow, adipose (fat) tissue, and dental pulp.
—Paul Knoepfler, STAT, 27 June 2021
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“Adipose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adipose. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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adipose
adjective
ad·i·pose
ˈad-ə-ˌpōs 
: of or relating to fat
broadly
: fat
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