nonfatty

adjective

non·​fat·​ty ˌnän-ˈfa-tē 

: containing relatively little fat : not fatty

nonfatty cuts of beef

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

nonfatty

adjective

non·​fat·​ty ˌnän-ˈfa-tē 

variants or non-fatty

: not fatty : containing little or no fat

a nonfatty meal

… a woman would receive a baseline mammogram at age 40 to determine her breast density, or the proportion of dense, non-fatty tissue in the breast.

—Katherine Hobson, The Wall Street Journal