"brown adipose tissue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brown adipose tissues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=brown adipose tissue}} brown adipose tissue (countable and uncountable, plural brown adipose tissues)
  1. (anatomy, physiology) 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. Wikipedia link: brown adipose tissue Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Physiology Synonyms: BAT, brown fat Related terms: white adipose tissue, adipose tissue, adipose, tissue Coordinate_terms: white adipose tissue, beige fat, fat
    Sense id: en-brown_adipose_tissue-en-noun-quRJb-O~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, physiology, sciences

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