Adiposis
/ˌæd.ɪˈpəʊ.sɪs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue. countable, uncountable
"These adiposes are etiologically divisible into two types; those, on the one hand, which constitute a phenomenon of hypo- or athyroidea; and, those, on the other hand, which are sequela to hypoplasias and to functional errors in the germinal organs (castration, genital infantilism, etc)."
- 2 the property of excessive fatness wordnet
Example
More examples"These adiposes are etiologically divisible into two types; those, on the one hand, which constitute a phenomenon of hypo- or athyroidea; and, those, on the other hand, which are sequela to hypoplasias and to functional errors in the germinal organs (castration, genital infantilism, etc)."
Etymology
From adipo- + -osis.