Definition of "adipocytes" []

• Plural form of adipocyte. (noun)

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• "However, over the last 15 years there has been an explosion of data showing that fat cells, or what physiologists call adipocytes, are as active, complicated and communicative as any other cells in the body."
• "Fat tissue is made up of many small fat cells, called adipocytes, each of which stores a single droplet of lipid."
• "The juice damages the ability of cells called adipocytes to accumulate fat."