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adipocerous

adipocerous adjective: like, or containing, adipocere.

Adjective

adipocerous (comparative more adipocerous, superlative most adipocerous)

  1. Like, or containing, adipocere.
    • adipocerous skin
    • adipocerous transformation

Forms of adipocerous

comparativemore adipocerous
superlativemost adipocerous

Origin of adipocerous

From adipocere + -ous.

Questions about adipocerous

What does adipocerous mean?
Adipocerous means like, or containing, adipocere.
What part of speech is adipocerous?
Adipocerous is an adjective.

Words near adipocerous in the dictionary

  1. adipoceration
  2. adipocere
  3. adipoceres
  4. adipoceriform
  5. adipocerite
  6. adipocerous
  7. adipochemokine
  8. adipochemokines
  9. adipocire
  10. adipocires
  11. adipocity

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