globule of fat

Muscle cells also contain globules of fat, which are used for energy during aerobic exercise.

A strip steak, medium rare, glistening with globules of fat.

The steam rose and golden globules of fat danced on the shimmering surface.

Indira glanced at her plate and saw globules of fat congealing on the roast lamb.

The mechanism appears to work by improving the local micro-circulation so the trapped globules of fat in the skin can become metabolized.

Cranston chewed his lip and glared into a corner where a huge rat gnawed at a bloody globule of fat glistening amongst the dirty rushes.

In human cell biology globules of fat are the individual pieces of intracellular fat inside other cell types than adipocytes (fat cells).

The resulting blood pressure increase can rupture a blood vessel (haemorrhage) or a globule of fat can become detached and block a vessel (thrombosis).

Bile acts as an emulsifier - it breaks down large globules of fat into smaller particles so they can mix better with the enzymes that digest fat.

Dogmatic statements sizzle like globules of fat in a hot pan: "That Kipling is a very great writer is no longer in any doubt." "

It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

Globules of fat are emulsified in the stomach into small droplets by bile salts during food digestion, speeding up the rate of digestion by the enzyme lipase later on.