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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fatty \Fat"ty\, a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as a fatty substance. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fatty adj : containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" [syn: {fat}] [ant: {nonfat}] n : a rotund individual [syn: {fatso}, {fat person}, {roly-poly}] [ant: {thin person}]
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