Pinguefaction

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

  Pinguefaction \Pin`gue*fac"tion\, n. [L. pinguefacere,
     pinguefactum, to fatten; pinguis fat + facere to make.]
     (Med.)
     A making of, or turning into, fat.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]