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- Latin · derived fromadips, adeps“fat”
- English todayadiopocere
From Latin adips, adeps (“fat”) + cēra (“wax”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
adiopocere
Today it means: A wax-like organic substance formed by the decay, in a wet and low-oxygen environment (anaerobic bacterial hydrolysis), of a dead body's fat. Full definition →
Latin adips, adeps