an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

of or relating to or composed of fat

cells composed of fat

glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body

an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils

containing or composed of fat

oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue

any fat obtained from animals

a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans

fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lard

a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers

cells composed of fat

glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body

an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils