Term Name: fat cell
Synonyms: adipocyte, adipose cell
Definition: A fat-storing cell found mostly in the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous tissue of mammals. Fat is usually stored in the form of triglycerides.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000136]

Relationships
develops from: mesenchymal stem cell
is a type of: connective tissue cell stuff accumulating cell
has subtype: adipocyte of breast adipocyte of omentum tissue beige adipocyte brown fat cell epicardial adipocyte neural crest derived fat cell perirenal adipocyte cell subcutaneous fat cell white fat cell