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adipocere

/ˈædɪpoʊˌsiɚ/

adipocere noun: a brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis.

Noun

adipocere (countable and uncountable, plural adipoceres)

  1. A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis.
    • In some cases, however, brains outlast all other soft tissues and remain intact for hundreds or thousands of years. […] [Alexandra] Morton-Hayward's experiments suggest the brains endure through a process called molecular cross-linking, in which brain protein remnants and degraded lipids form a...2025, “Advances: Biology: Brain Endurance. Misfolded proteins may preserve brains for millennia”, in Scientific American, volume 332, number 2 (February), pages 10-12
    Synonyms:
    grave wax

adipocere meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

adipocere in Tamil

அடிப்போசியர், கொழுப்புத் தடிப்பு, அழுகும் பிணக்கொழுப்பு, பிணமெழுகு

adipocere in Kannada

ಹೆಣಮೇಣ

adipocere in Indonesian

waxy substance that forms on dead animal tissues
adiposera

Synonyms of adipocere

Forms of adipocere

pluraladipoceres
alternative formadipocire

Origin of adipocere

From adipo- + Latin cēra.

Questions about adipocere

What does adipocere mean?
Adipocere means a brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis.
What is adipocere in Tamil?
Adipocere in Tamil is அடிப்போசியர், கொழுப்புத் தடிப்பு, அழுகும் பிணக்கொழுப்பு. See Adipocere meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adipocere?
Adipocere is a noun.
How do you pronounce adipocere?
Adipocere is pronounced /ˈædɪpoʊˌsiɚ/.
What is the plural of adipocere?
The plural of adipocere is adipoceres.

Words near adipocere in the dictionary

  1. adipocerate
  2. adipocerated
  3. adipocerates
  4. adipocerating
  5. adipoceration
  6. adipocere
  7. adipoceres
  8. adipoceriform
  9. adipocerite
  10. adipocerous
  11. adipochemokine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adipocere (page history and authors); adipocere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adipocere (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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