See Also: melanidrosis(medicine)

adipose (iou) and melanidrosis (medicine)


adipose (iou)



adipose adjective & noun. M18.
[mod. Latin adiposus, formed as ADIPIC + -OSE1.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to animal fat. Of tissue: concerned with the storage of fat. M18.
adipose fin a small, rayless, fleshy, dorsal fin present in certain fishes, notably in the salmon family.
b. noun. Adipose tissue. M19.
adi'posity noun fatness, obesity M19.
adipous adjective = ADIPOSE adjective in less techn. contexts M17.

melanidrosis (medicine)


melanidrosis


See: chromhidrosis, pseudochromidrosis.