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单词 adipocere
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adipocere

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ad·i·po·cere

A0087800 (ăd′ə-pō-sîr′)n. A brown, fatty, waxlike substance that forms on dead animal tissues in response to moisture.
[adipo(se) + Latin cēra, wax.]

adipocere

(ˌædɪpəʊˈsɪə; ˈædɪpəʊˌsɪə) n (Biochemistry) a waxlike fatty substance formed during the decomposition of corpses. Nontechnical name: grave-wax [C19: via French from New Latin adiposus fat (see adipose) + French cire wax] adipocerous adj

adipocere

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adipocere

[′ad·ə·pə‚sir] (medicine) A light-colored, waxy material formed by postmortem conversion of body fats to higher fatty acids.

adipocere

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ad·i·po·cere

(ad'i-pō-sēr), A fatty substance of waxy consistency derived from dead animal tissues (for example, a corpse) that forms in anerobic conditions. Synonym(s): grave wax, lipocere [adipo- + L. cera, wax]

adipocere

(ăd′ə-pō-sîr′)n. A brown, fatty, waxlike substance that forms on dead animal tissues in response to moisture.

Adipocere

A form of decomposition in which subcutaneous tissue is converted to a hardened cast of waxy/greasy fat, which is seen in unembalmed bodies entombed a year or more in cold wet ground—or cold acidic water. Moisture is often present at the onset and initially some warmth. The process may be triggered by Clostridium perfringens which, as producers of lecithinase, facilitate hydrolysis and hydrogenation.

ad·i·po·cere

(ad'i-pō-sēr) A fatty substance of waxy consistency into which dead animal tissues (e.g., those of a corpse) are sometimes converted when kept from the air under certain conditions of temperature.
Synonym(s): lipocere.
[adipo- + L. cera, wax]

adipocere

A wax-like substance, consisting mainly of fatty acids, into which the soft tissues of a dead body, buried in moist earth, are converted.
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