- lardaceous tissue
- tissue having the appearance of lard as a result of a degenerative process.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
lardaceous tissue
Look at other dictionaries:
lardaceous — adj. resembling lard: often applied to tissue infiltrated with the starchlike substance amyloid (see amyloidosis). * * * lar·da·ceous (lahr daґshəs) resembling lard … Medical dictionary
lardaceous — adj. resembling lard: often applied to tissue infiltrated with the starchlike substance amyloid (see amyloidosis) … The new mediacal dictionary
Spleen — An organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen near the stomach. The spleen produces lymphocytes; it is the largest lymphatic organ in the body. The spleen also filters the blood, serves as a major reservoir for blood and destroys blood… … Medical dictionary
liver — The largest gland of the body, lying beneath the diaphragm in the right hypochondrium and upper part of the epigastric region; it is of irregular shape and weighs from 1–2 kg, or about 140 the weight of the body. As an exocrine gland it secretes … Medical dictionary
fat — adj 1. obese, overweight, flabby, stout, portly, pursy, corpulent, Scot. fodgel; chubby, tubby, pudgy, plump; round, rounded out, rotund; fleshy, well fed; paunchy, potbellied, roundbellied, big bellied, large bellied, great bellied, abdominous,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
fat — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, Haliver Oil, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, adipose, adipose tissue, advantageous, affluent, all sufficing, ample, animal oil, animal oils, aplenty, asinine, balmy, banausic, become overweight,… … Moby Thesaurus
fatty — [adj] full of adipose tissue blubbery, fatlike, greasy, lardaceous, lardy, oily, oleaginous, rich, suety, unctuous; concept 485 Ant. defatted, lean, low fat, thin … New thesaurus
