Thesaurus: fatty

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1. a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance.
2. adj. containing or composed of fat
3. n. a rotund individual
4. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. -- Fatty clays. See under Clay. -- Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs. -- Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration. -- Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter. -- Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma.
5. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross;as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffinseries of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- socalled because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids,occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances.-- Fatty clays. See under Clay.-- Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oilglobules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied asgradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.-- Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc.,which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.-- Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is anexcessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of anyessential parts of the latter.-- Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adiposetissue; lipoma.
6. j:91/n:9 a. containing or composed of fat