Adipose vs Lipids - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between adipose and lipids

is that adipose is animal fat stored in the tissue of the body while lipids is plural of lang=en.

is containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.

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Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.

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

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

Slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft.

* 2012 , Ruth Petrie, "Not So Lovely in the Garden", Notes from the Garden

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

* (composed of fat) fatty * (overweight) chubby, chunky, overweight, plump, podgy, tubby

* adipose fin * adipose tissue

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Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.

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

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