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Definition of Adipocere
1. n. 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.
Definition of Adipocere
1. Noun. A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adipocere
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Medical Definition of Adipocere
1. A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown colour, 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. Origin: L. Adeps, adipis, fat + cera wax: cf. F. Adipocere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adipocere
Literary usage of Adipocere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1882)
"In carrying out the inquiry, I have not confined myself to reputed samples of "Bog
Butter," but have considered "adipocere," and to a limited extent certain ..."
2. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"Attempts have been made to convert the dead bodies of cattle (camón) into adipocere,
for the purposes of the candle- maker and the soap-boiler, ..."
3. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology by Henry Cadwalader Chapman (1892)
"... of Bodies into adipocere—Length of Time Elapsing Since Death—Remote and
Proximate Cause of Death—Symptoms and Post-mortem Appearance of Death from ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The occurrence of this acid in the adipocere examined by Ebert is very likely,
... The hard waxy character of adipocere is mainly due to the presence of ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"On Protoplasm and adipocere. By DJ GOODMAN. On the Preservation of the Bodies of
the 1-arger Animals for Dissection, ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1885)
"adipocere. Dr. Stevenson draws attention to an interesting monograph on the
formation of adipocere by Dr. E. Zillner, ..."
7. A Manual of medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, John J. Reese (1880)
"adipocere. MEDICAL Jurisprudence takes cognizance of all violent causes of death,
and is only indirectly involved in those cases of natural death which ..."
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