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fat cell
noun
- a cell in loose connective tissue that is specialized for the synthesis and storage of fat.
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Origin of fat cell1
Example Sentences
Typically, their method involves removing fat cells from a customer via liposuction, treating the fat ostensibly to extract stem cells, and injecting those cells into the customer’s body.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.
Lipolysis usually refers to injections where chemicals break up fat cells and the fat is removed naturally by the lymphatic system and the liver.
Such taste receptors aren’t limited to the tongue; they are also found in the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, fat cells, brain, muscle cells, thyroid and lungs.
In 2015, Domingos and colleagues zoomed in on fat in the flanks of living mice and found that nerves and fat cells make contact, with nerve fibers appearing to grip individual fat cells.
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