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Brown adipose tissue
Meaning
Noun
●
In 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.
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Synonyms
Brown Fat
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