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FAT (gene) — FAT tumor suppressor homolog 1 (Drosophila), also known as FAT, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: FAT FAT tumor suppressor homolog 1 (Drosophila)| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView… … Wikipedia
fat cell — fat′ cell n. cbl a cell in loose connective tissue that is specialized for the synthesis and storage of fat Also called adipocyte • Etymology: 1910–15 … From formal English to slang
fat cell — n. a cell in connective tissue specialized for the synthesis of glucose, fatty acids, etc. and storage of the derived globules of fat … English World dictionary
fat cell — cell containing fat … English contemporary dictionary
Fat Lips — is the name given to a legendary spirit dwelling in Dryburgh Abbey in Berwickshire, England. He may well have been a Red Cap.The spirit was associated with a hermit woman living in the Abbey sometime after the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, whom… … Wikipedia
Cell Mates (play) — Cell Mates is a play by Simon Gray. It opened at the Albery Theatre, London on 17 February 1995, starring Stephen Fry and Rik Mayall, with Gray himself directing. Fry left the production after three days. His understudy stepped in, and he was in… … Wikipedia
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
Fat cell — A cell containing fat. Also called an adipocyte. A fat cell, or adipocyte, is a connective tissue cell that has differentiated and become specialized in the synthesis (manufacture) and storage of fat. The fat cell (adipocyte) is important to the… … Medical dictionary
fat cell — noun cells composed of fat • Syn: ↑adipose cell • Hypernyms: ↑somatic cell, ↑vegetative cell • Substance Meronyms: ↑fat * * * noun : one of the constituent fat laden cells characteristic … Useful english dictionary
cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… … Universalium
