adipocere

英[.ædipәu'siә]

n. 尸蜡\n[医] 尸蜡

n. A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown\n color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes\n are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places.\n It is a result of fatty degeneration.