brown adipose tissue
One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals…One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.
Forms
plural: brown adipose tissues| Singular | brown adipose tissue |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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