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Fat — The word fat has more meanings that it has letters. It is among other things: {{}}A nutrient: With proteins and carbohydrates, fat, also known as lipid, is one of the three types of nutrients used as energy sources by the body. The energy… … Medical dictionary
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fat-pad — An accumulation of somewhat encapsulated adipose tissue. SYN: corpus adiposum [TA], fat body. Bichat fat pad SYN: buccal fat pad. buccal fat pad an encapsuled mass of fat in the cheek on the outer side of the buccinator … Medical dictionary
corpus adiposum orbitae — [TA] orbital fat body: a mass of fatty tissue in the posterior part of the orbit, around the optic nerve, extraocular muscles, and vessels. Called also retrobulbar fat … Medical dictionary
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