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Origin of adipocere
OTHER WORDS FROM adipoceread·i·poc·er·ous [ad-uh-pos-er-uhs], /ˌæd əˈpɒs ər əs/, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for adipocere
He is the first to observe and describe that curious product of the decomposition of flesh known to modern chemists as adipocere.
Hatchettine or rock-fat is sometimes called adipocere; and bog-butter is a substance nearly similar to it.
Besides, dead animal matter38 can be worked up more profitably than in making artificial adipocere.
There was not a trace of adipocere—the peculiar waxy soap that forms in bodies that decay in water or in a damp situation.The Vanishing Man|R. Austin Freeman
The autopsy on the exhumed body of Perrotte Mace was inconclusive, owing to the condition of adipocere.She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure