单词 | adipocerous |
释义 | adipocerousadj. Medicine. Of the nature of adipocere; affected by the formation of adipocere. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [adjective] greasy1592 adipocerous1801 1801 Ann. Med. 2nd Lustrum 1 133 This albuminous matter is..remarkable by its property of being concreted into an adipocirous state by putrefaction. c1850 A. S. Taylor Man. Med. Jurispr. (1873) I. vii. 129 The adipocerous state of the body could not have been brought about in less than six weeks. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvi. 54 Sebaceous and adipocerous matter, capable of being used in the fabrication of soap. 1905 F. W. Draper Text-bk. Legal Med. xiii. 231 The bodies of children become readily adipocerous. 1998 S. Rhine Bone Voy. iv. 90 The bones, released from their adipocerous..jacket betrayed no obvious anomalies or other clues to identity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1801 |
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