Adipocere

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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