noun
adipocyte; fat cell
Technical term in biology and medicine for a cell specialized in storing fat.
脂肪細胞はエネルギーを脂肪として蓄える。
Adipocytes store energy as fat.
脂肪 (fat) is the substance; 脂肪細胞 is the cell that stores it.
Compound of 脂肪 (shibō, 'fat') and 細胞 (saibō, 'cell').