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adipocyte, n. Histol.|ˈædɪpəʊsaɪt|
[f. *adipo- + -cyte.]
A type of cell found in connective tissue which is specialized for the synthesis and storage of fat.
1934in Webster. 1967Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. CCXII. 777/2 Possible changes in the cytoplasmic mass of the adipocyte during fat deposition. 1982T. M. Devlin Textbk. Biochem. xxi. 1019 The rate of entry of glucose into the adipocyte is a rate-determining step in glucose metabolism. 1988New Scientist 22 Sept. 40/1 Another fuel, triglyceride, is stored in fat cells, or adipocytes, each of which contains a droplet of triglyceride that occupies almost the whole cell. |