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Meaning of brown adipose tissue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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