adipocere

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ad·i·po·cere (

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A brown, fatty, waxlike substance that forms on dead animal tissues in response to moisture.

[adipo(se) + Latin cra, wax.]

adipocere [ˌædɪpəʊˈsɪə ˈædɪpəʊˌsɪə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a waxlike fatty substance formed during the decomposition of corpses Nontechnical name grave-wax

[via French from New Latin adiposus fat (see adipose) + French cire wax]

adipocerous [ˌædɪˈpɒsərəs] adj

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Adipocerate Adipoceration Adipoceriform Adipocerous Grave wax grave-wax			The butter has turned white and transformed into adipocere, a water-proof substance made mainly of fatty acids, found on well-preserved bodies found in bogs. Butter's out of date.. by 3,000 years; AMAZING FIND IN PEAT BOG by The Mirror (London, England) The butter has changed to white and is now adipocere, which is essentially animal fat, the same sort of substance that is found on well-preserved bodies of people or animals found in the bog. 3,000 yr old butter discovered in Ireland by Asian News International Adipocere refers to a fatty wax substance that forms on bodies either submerged in water or buried in damp conditions without oxygen and air. Drowning investigations by Haupt, Gary / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin			Adiantum bellum Adiantum capillus-veneris Adiantum pedatum Adiantum tenerum Adiantum tenerum farleyense adiaphorism Adiaphorist Adiaphoristic Adiaphorite adiaphorous Adiaphory adiathermancy Adiathermic Adie adience adient adieu Adige Adight adios Adipescent Adipic adipic acid Adipocerate Adipoceration adipocere Adipoceriform Adipocerous adipocyte Adipogenous Adipolysis Adipolytic Adipoma adipose adipose cell adipose fin adipose tissue adipose tumor Adiposeness adiposis adiposity Adipous Adiprene adipsia Adipsous Adipsy Adirondack chair Adirondack Mountains Adirondacks adit Aditi			adip(o)- adip- ADIPA Adipate adipates ADIPEC adipectomy Adipescent Adipex Adipex ADIPH adiphenine Adipic Adipic adipic acid adipic acid adipic acid Adipic acids Adipic acids Adipic ketone Adipine Adipine adipisci ADIPL adipo- adipocele adipocellular adipocellulose Adipocerate Adipoceration adipocere Adipoceriform adipocerite Adipocerous Adipocire Adipocire Adipocire adipocyte adipocyte adipocyte Adipocyte Complement Related Protein of 30 kD Adipocyte Compliment Related Protein Adipocyte Determination and Differentiation Factor 1 Adipocyte Enhancer-Binding Protein 1 Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein Adipocyte Lipid Binding Protein Adipocyte protein 2 Adipocyte, C1q, and Collagen Domain Containing Adipocyte-Enhancer Binding Protein Adipocyte-Specific Secretory Factor Adipocytes Adipocytes Adipocytes adipofibroma adipofibromas adipofibromata adipogenesis adipogenesis adipogenic Adipogenous Adipogenous

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