ALL meanings of brown fat
brown fat
B b - noun brown fat tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control 3
- noun brown fat a brownish tissue, rich in unsaturated fats, stored in certain areas of the body by a hibernating animal: it prevents freezing and may help to warm the animal as it awakens 3
- noun brown fat brownish-yellow adipose tissue in the upper back, or interscapular, region of many mammals, most conspicuously in hibernating species and human newborns, composed of numerous innervated fat cells that can produce heat during cold stress; thermogenic tissue. 1