Medical Definition of Grave wax

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 Grave Wax

graveside
gravesides
gravesite
gravesites
gravest
gravestone
gravestones
graveward
graveyard
graveyards
graveyard shift
graveyard watch
grave accent
grave mound
grave robbing
grave wax (current term)
gravid
gravid
gravida
gravida
gravidae
gravidas
gravidation
gravida I
gravida II
gravida III
gravidic
gravidic retinitis
gravidic retinopathy
gravidism

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