Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adipocere"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adipocere \Ad"i*po*cere`\, n. [L. adeps, adipis, fat + cera wax:
cf. F. adipocere.]
A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color,
into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes
are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in
moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.
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