单词 | adipocere |
释义 | adipoceren. Medicine. A greyish- or yellowish-white waxy or cheesy substance formed on dead bodies as part of the process of bacterial decomposition, esp. in damp, anaerobic conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fat > [noun] > of dead bodies grass1793 adipocere1800 grave-wax1854 1800 J. Thomson in tr. A. F. Fourcroy Elements Chem. (ed. 5) III. 298 (note) When the solution cooled, a lamellated substance, consisting chiefly of adipo-cire, was obtained. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 56/1 Adipocere..is a soap composed of margaric acid and ammonia. 1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 63 The conversion of muscle into adipocere after death is a form of fatty degeneration. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) ii. 23 If a dead body is left exposed to damp conditions for some months, the tissues are converted into a fatty material (adipocere). 1998 J. Meaney To hold Infinity ix. 107 Lower down, the remains were covered in adipocere: rank-smelling and soapy fatty acids formed from decomposing fat. 2001 N. Griffiths Sheepshagger 256 Ianto sees the cheesy bloodless stump ruffled with adipocere mould protruding from the cushioned cuff of the hiking boot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1800 |
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