Definition of "adipose"

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

2003, Dr. Andrew Packard, The Packard Weight Health Plan

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

2012, Ruth Petrie, “Not So Lovely in the Garden”, in Notes from the Garden

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

2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone, editors, Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii