fatty

fatty
    adj 1: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
           [syn: {fatty}, {fat}] [ant: {fat-free}, {fatless},
           {nonfat}]
    n 1: a rotund individual [syn: {fatso}, {fatty}, {fat person},
         {roly-poly}, {butterball}] [ant: {scrag}, {skin and bones},
         {thin person}]
    

Fatty \Fat"ty\, a.
   Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
   gross; as, a fatty substance.
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   {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.
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "fatty":
      adipose, blimp, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal,
      chrismatory, fat, greasy, heavy, heavyweight, hippo, lardaceous,
      lardy, lump, mucoid, oily, oleaginous, oleic, potbelly, rich,
      roly-poly, sebaceous, sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, suety,
      swagbelly, tallowy, tub, tub of lard, tun, unctuous, unguent,
      unguentary, unguentous