Brown adipose tissue

Noun

Definitions

1.NounOne 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.

Synonyms

beige fat adipotaxis endothermia endothermy warmbloodedness body heat warm-bloodedness thigmotherm nonshivering thermogenesis thermoadaptation thermogenesis beiging

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