English

Noun

brown adipose tissue ‎(uncountable)

1. One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primary serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.

Synonyms

• BAT
• brown fat

Related terms

• white adipose tissue
• adipose tissue
• adipose
• tissue

Coordinate terms

• white adipose tissue
• beige fat
• fat