fat cell

noun

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Definition of fat cell

: one of the fat-laden cells making up adipose tissue

Recent Examples of fat cell from the Web

Here’s why visceral fat cells are so important to your well-being.

— New York Times, "The Dangers of Belly Fat," 11 June 2018
Researchers in Canada found those with the most organochlorines — AKA pollutants found in pesticides that are stored in fat cells — are more likely to experience a halt in metabolism opposed to those who eat pesticide-free organic produce.

— Redbook, "23 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Increase Metabolism," 26 July 2017
Until now, researchers have identified about 300 different types of cells in the human body, including things like fat cells and neurons.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Human Cell Atlas Releases First Major Data Set," 20 Apr. 2018
Accelerated fat cell metabolism would essentially tackle obesity at its root biological level, rather than simply facilitate behavioral changes.

— sy mukherjee, Fortune, "This Obesity Fighting Drug Could Melt Fat and Lower Cholesterol—Without Suppressing Your Appetite," 5 Jan. 2018
There is a type of benign tumor of the kidney called an angiomyolipoma, which is composed of a collection of blood vessels and fat cells and sometimes some random muscle cells.

— deborah netburn, latimes.com, "Melania Trump had an embolization to treat a kidney condition. What is an embolization?," 14 May 2018
The clinics, like the other hundreds of shady stem cell clinics that have bubbled up across the country, collect fat cells from patients, treat or process them in some way to supposedly coax out stem cells, then inject them back into the patient.

— beth mole, Ars Technica, "Stem cell clinics that blinded women and used smallpox vaccine go to war with feds," 11 May 2018
Kybella is an injection that kills fat cells, thus reducing the bulge.

— dr. carlos wolf, miamiherald, "Tummy tucks work well, but so do many minimally invasive procedures | Miami Herald," 23 Apr. 2018
Carb back-loading proponents believe that shifting the bulk of your carb intake, as well as your workout, to the evening optimizes hormones, and prevents carbs from being shuttled into fat cells.

— Health.com, "Carb Back-Loading Might Be the Next Big Weight Loss Trend—But Should You Try It?," 19 Apr. 2018

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