- fat body
- noun Date: 1869 a fatty tissue especially of nearly mature insect larvae that serves as a food reserve
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fat body — fat body. См. жировое тело. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
fat body — Aggregated cells that store food reserves, storage for excretory materials, or light producing organ; a center in which many metabolic processes occur … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
fat body — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a lobulated mass of fatty tissue attached to each genital gland in amphibians 2. : a fatty tissue enveloping the viscera or forming a layer under the integument and serving as a reserve of nutrition in many insects… … Useful english dictionary
fat body of ischioanal fossa — corpus adiposum fossae ischioanalis … Medical dictionary
Body shape — Human body shape has sophisticated details and purposes. Shape or figure is defined mainly by skeletal structure, muscles and fat. [ body shape is determined by the nature of body fat distribution [http://www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article… … Wikipedia
Fat acceptance movement — The fat acceptance movement, also the size acceptance movement or fat liberation movement or fat power, is a grassroots effort to change societal attitudes towards individuals who are fat. [Saguy, A.C., Riley, K.W. (2005). Weighing both sides:… … Wikipedia
fat-pad — An accumulation of somewhat encapsulated adipose tissue. SYN: corpus adiposum [TA], fat body. Bichat fat pad SYN: buccal fat pad. buccal fat pad an encapsuled mass of fat in the cheek on the outer side of the buccinator … Medical dictionary
fat — fat1 W3S2 [fæt] adj comparative fatter superlative fattest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flesh)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(money)¦ 4 fat chance 5 (a) fat lot of good/use 6 fat cat 7 in fat city 8 grow fat on something … Dictionary of contemporary English
body — bod|y [ badi ] noun *** ▸ 1 of human/animal ▸ 2 group of people ▸ 3 collection of work, etc. ▸ 4 main part of something ▸ 5 appearance of hair ▸ 6 strong flavor of drink ▸ 7 piece of clothing ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the whole physical structure of … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Fat feminism — or fat positive feminism is a form of feminism that argues overweight women are economically, educationally, socially and physically disadvantaged due to their weight. Because of this, fat positive feminists promote acceptance for women of all… … Wikipedia
