What does the suffix sis mean? The suffix sis is used to form nouns of action from verbs such as the process, state, or condition. Examples include thesis and aphesis. The suffix is Greek in origin.
1. fat cell-cells composed of fat. adipose cell. somatic cell, vegetative cell-any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells;. fat cell-cells composed of fat. adipose cell. somatic cell, vegetative cell-any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells;
Milk fat is secreted from mammary epithelial cells as fat globules which are primarily composed of a globule of triglyceride surrounded by a lipid bilayer membrane similar to the apical membrane of the epithelial cells (discussed in more detail in the Lesson on Milk Fat Synthesis).