GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A lipid. 2. Any of various substances, such as lecithin, that resemble fat. Resembling fat; fatty.

Detailed explanation-2: -(anatomy, medicine, usually) fat, as fat tissue or fat cells. (anatomy, medicine) fat, as a form of lipid, either contained in such tissue, free/unbound, or carried in circulation by lipoproteins.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of adipo-One example of a technical term that features adipo-is adipocyte, or “fat cell.” Adipo– means “fat, ” as we have seen. What about the –cyte portion of the word? It means “cell, ” from the Greek kýtos.

Detailed explanation-4: -der·ma·toid ˈdər-mə-ˌtȯid. : resembling skin.