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Adipocere

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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Adipocere'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/adipocere.html. 1828.
 
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