adjective
- promoting or causing the formation of fat tissue; tending to produce adipose tissue
Usage: technical; biology/medicine
Examples
- Certain hormones have adipogenic effects on cells in the body.
- The adipogenic pathway is activated when cells differentiate into fat cells.
- Researchers studied adipogenic factors to understand obesity development.
- High-calorie diets can trigger adipogenic processes in the body.
- The drug was tested for its adipogenic and anti-adipogenic properties.