(medicine) A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.
2004, Günther Wittlinger, Hildegard Wittlinger, Textbook of Dr. Vodders: Manual Lymph Drainage, Volume 1: Basic Course, 7th Edition, Complementary Medicine Series, page 92,
One should always differentiate between adiposis and panniculopathia-oedemato-fibrosclerotica (the so-called cellulite).