See Also: adipocyte(medicine)
Adipocyte(health)
adipocyte(dictionary)

hydria (iou) and adipocyte (medicine)


hydria (iou)



hydria noun. . ME.
[(Old French idr(i)e from) Latin from Greek hudria.]
Formerly, a water-pot. Now (Archaeology), a three-handled pitcher of ancient Greece.

adipocyte (medicine)


adipocyte
<pathology> An animal connective tissue cell specialised for the synthesis and storage of fat. Such cells are bloated with globules of triglycerides, the nucleus being displaced to one side and the cytoplasm seen as a thin line around the fat droplet.