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Brown fat — Brown adipose tissue, a rapid source of energy for infants in whom it forms about 5% of body weight. It is brown because the cells in it are packed with small cellular organs called mitochondria, which are energy factories, and it has a rich… … Medical dictionary
brown fat — brown′ fat′ n. phl brownish yellow adipose tissue that accumulates in hibernating mammals, producing heat if the body becomes too cold … From formal English to slang
brown fat — n. a brownish tissue, rich in unsaturated fats, stored in certain areas of the body by a hibernating animal: it prevents freezing and may help to warm the animal as it awakens … English World dictionary
brown fat — noun : a mammalian heat producing tissue occurring especially in human fetuses and newborn infants and in hibernating animals called also brown adipose tissue * * * brownish yellow adipose tissue in the upper back, or interscapular, region of… … Useful english dictionary
brown fat — a form of fat in adipose tissue that is a rich source of energy and can be converted rapidly to heat. There is speculation that a rapid turnover of brown fat occurs to balance excessive intake of food and unnecessary production of white fat… … The new mediacal dictionary
brown fat cells — Brown fat is specialized for heat production and the adipocytes have many mitochondria in which an inner membrane protein can act as an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation allowing rapid thermogenesis … Dictionary of molecular biology
brown fat — noun Date: 1951 a mammalian heat producing tissue occurring especially in human fetuses and newborn infants and in hibernating animals called also brown adipose tissue … New Collegiate Dictionary
brown fat — noun dark coloured adipose tissue with many blood vessels, able to provide bodily heat quite rapidly … English new terms dictionary
Brown adipose tissue — (BAT) or brown fat is one of the two types of adipose tissue (the other being white adipose tissue) that is present in many newborn or hibernating mammals.cite journal |author=Gesta S, Tseng YH, Kahn CR |title=Developmental origin of fat:… … Wikipedia
brown adipose tissue — n BROWN FAT * * * a thermogenic type of adipose tissue containing a dark pigment. It arises during embryonic life in certain specific areas in many mammals, and is prominent in newborn babies. It remains distinct and conspicuous in adults in only … Medical dictionary
