adipoceres

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