brown adipose tissue

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Definition of brown adipose tissue in English English dictionary

One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primary serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries

Hyphenation

Brown ad·i·pose tis·sue

Turkish pronunciation

braun ädıpōs tîşu

Synonyms

bat, brown fat

Pronunciation

/ˈbroun ˈadəˌpōs ˈtəsʜo͞o/ /ˈbraʊn ˈædəˌpoʊs ˈtɪʃuː/