fat medical definition

1. Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.
2. A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.
3. Adipose tissue.
4. Obesity; corpulence.

Related Forms:

• fat adjective