How to Use fat cell in a Sentence

fat cell

noun
  • These beige fat cells can then convert back to white fat cells when summer comes again.
    — Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
  • What this will do is shrink fat cells by getting rid of the edema (swelling) in the tissues.
    — Jane Carlson, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The fat cells are then disposed and can never return to the area they were suctioned from.
    — Bryce Gruber, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2016
  • Lab tests showed fat cells from the obese mice absorbed glucose and lipids more readily.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Over the course of a few weeks, the dead fat cells are absorbed and eliminated as waste.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2019
  • Once damaged, the fat cells are swept away by the body's lymphatic system.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Over the next two to three months, the frozen fat cells break apart and are flushed out through your lymphatic system.
    — Nicole Catanese, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Oct. 2015
  • One study found that the sun's rays may shrink the fat cells beneath your top layer of skin when exposed to the sun.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 9 July 2024
  • They are not only enriched in our fat cells but also in plant oils, such as olive oil, soybean oils, etc.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The new paper suggests that in fat cells, these changes linger even after a person loses weight.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Fats can be toxic for tissues, Rohner explains, so they are stored in fat cells.
    — ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s why visceral fat cells are so important to your well-being.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2018
  • The rest of the excess glucose gets stored in our fat cells as body fat, again with the assistance of insulin.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 23 May 2019
  • There are two forms of fat cells, brown cells and white cells, and each plays a different role in our metabolism.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 June 2019
  • There are other medical devices that use heat to destroy fat cells and get nice results.
    — Dr. Carlos Wolf, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
  • At the same time, radiofrequency waves help to heat up fat, killing fat cells and allowing your body to flush them out.
    — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 13 Mar. 2023
  • When a person uses delta-8, it is absorbed into the bloodstream and then stored in fat cells.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
  • In males, estrogen is produced in the testes and, similar to women, in fat cells and adrenal glands.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The third hormone, glucagon, speeds up metabolism and helps the body break down fat cells for energy.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • When under stress, the fat cells break down, releasing a blitz of cannabinoids into the bloodstream.
    — Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Kybella is an injection that kills fat cells, thus reducing the bulge.
    — Dr. Carlos Wolf, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Its role is to dictate whether glucose is used, stored in muscles and the liver, or put into fat cells to save for later.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Its role is to dictate whether glucose is used, stored in muscles and the liver, or put into fat cells to save for later.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The tissue may resemble fat, but fat cells don’t belong in cartilage.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
  • It is targeted and focused to heat fat tissues underneath the skin and induce fat cell loss.
    — Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2022
  • In order to generate heat, the brown fat cells need to draw on energy reserves stored in other fat cells.
    — Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The rapid contractions also cause your muscles to release chemicals that tell fat cells in the area to break down.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 13 June 2019
  • By three weeks post-jab, new blood vessels are taking root and fat cells are moving into the matrix, Chnari says.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Though the fat cells did seem to be moving themselves, their means of locomotion was unusual.
    — Douglas Quenqua, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Research shows that fat cells in those who are sleep-deprived are less able to respond properly to insulin, which may lead to weight gain.
    — Karyn Repinski, Woman's Day, 23 Jan. 2019

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