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单词 brown fat
释义

brown fat


noun

brownish-yellow adipose tissue in the upper back, or interscapular, region of many mammals, most conspicuously in hibernating species and human newborns, composed of numerous innervated fat cells that can produce heat during cold stress; thermogenic tissue.

Origin of brown fat

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby brown fat

Browne, brown earth, browned-off, brown-eyed Susan, brownface, brown fat, brownfield, brown goods, brown hackle, brown heart, brown hyena
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British Dictionary definitions for brown fat

brown fat

noun

tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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