मेदस् n. [मेद्-असुन्]
1 Fat, marrow one of the seven dhātus of the body and supposed to lie in the abdomen); Ms. 3. 182; Y. 1. 44.
2 Corpulence, fat of the body: मेदश्छदेकृशोदरं लघु भवत्युत्थानयो- ग्यं वपुः Ś. 2. 5.
3 Excessive fatness, morbid corpulence.
−Comp.
−अर्बुदं a fatty tumour.
−कृत m. n. flesh.
−ग्रथिः a fatty tumour. −जं,
−तेजस् n. a bone.
−धरा a membrane in the abdomen containing the fat.
−पिंडः a lump of fat.
−वृद्धिः f. 1. increase of fat, corpulence. −2. enlargement of the scrotum.