vernixn.
/ˈvəːnɪks/ 1. Varnish. Obsolete. rare.
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1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 9 To make a kynde of colouring called Vernix wherewith you may vernishe golde, siluer, or any other colour or payntinges.
2. Medicine. In full, vernix caseosa [ < modern Latin caseōsus, < Latin caseus cheese] . A greasy deposit covering the skin of a baby at birth.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > substances covering fetus
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1846 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 6) 785/2 Vernix caseosa.
1882 W. T. Lusk Sci. & Art Midwifery iii. 75 In the fifth month the surface of the fetal body is covered by the vernix caseosa, a whitish substance composed of..surface epithelium, down, and the products of the sebacious glands.
1956 Nature 18 Feb. 330/1 The specimens [of amniotic fluid] were centrifuged and the vernix and supernatant fluid removed.
1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 71 212 Copious vernix caseosa is often present.
1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Oct. 1138/1 With difficulty but determination she gave birth to an enormous child coated in so much vernix that it seemed to wear a cream cheese pack.
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