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abnormal hypodermis fat layer morphology +   
abnormal white adipose tissue amount +   
abnormal white adipose tissue mass +   
abnormal white fat cell morphology +   
browned white adipose tissue morphology  
white adipose tissue displays a morphology more closely resembling brown adipose tissue (eg. multilocular droplets, decreased lipid droplet size) including the emergence or brown or beige adipocytes in white adipose tissue; this may represent adaptation to increased thermogenic demand, exercise, injury (thermal injury), and/or disease (cancer)

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: WAT beiging ;   WAT browning ;   beiging of WAT ;   beiging of white adipose tissue ;   browning of WAT ;   browning of white adipose tissue ;   white adipose tissue browning
Definition Sources: MGI:mperry, PMID:24531262, PMID:27397607

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