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adip/o — Fat

adip/o means fat. Latin source words and medical terminology examples: adipose.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Fat

• Latin: adeps adipis

Examples and word parts

adipose

Made of or containing fat.

Word parts: adip (fat) + -ose (full of)

Recorded forms: adip-, adipo-

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