adipo-

See also: ádipo

English

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin adeps.

Prefix

adipo-

  1. (anatomy, medicine, usually) fat, as fat tissue or fat cells.
  2. (anatomy, medicine) fat, as a form of lipid, either contained in such tissue, free/unbound, or carried in circulation by lipoproteins.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with adipo-
adipocere
adipopexis
adipocellular
adipocellulose
adipocentric
adipochemokine
adipocyte
adipofascial
adipofibroblast
adipogenesis
adipogenetic
adipogenic
adipogenous
adipohemocyte
adipohepatic
adipohormone
adipoinduction
adipoinductive
adipoinsular
adipokinesis
adipokinetic
adipolysis
adipolytic
adipometer
adipometric
adipometrics
adipometry
adipomyokine
adiponecrosis
adiponectin
adipoma
adiposes
adiposis
adipophilin
adipostasis
adipostatic
adipotaxis

Translations

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Anagrams

Italian

Prefix

adipo-

  1. (anatomy, medicine) adipo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with adipo-
adiponectina

Anagrams

Portuguese

Prefix

adipo-

  1. (anatomy, medicine) adipo- (relating to fat)
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