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retroperitoneal fat pad weight to body weight ratio (CMO:0000635)
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retroperitoneal fat pad weight to body weight ratio  
A calculated measurement in which the weight of the retroperitoneal fat pad, the mass of closely packed fat cells surrounded by fibrous tissue located behind the peritoneum, is divided by the total body weight of the organism and the result presented as a ratio, fraction, quotient or percentage thus normalizing it to body weight and, by extension, to the size of the organism.
retroperitoneal fat pad weight to tibia length ratio 

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Related Synonyms: retroperitoneal fat pad weight as percentage of body weight
Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_pad "Wikipedia" "Wikipedia", ISBN:978-1416049982

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