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Meaning of adipocerous in English:

adipocerous

adjective

Medicine

  • Of the nature of adipocere; affected by the formation of adipocere.

Origin

Early 19th century; earliest use found in Annals Medicine. From adipocere + -ous, after French adipo-cireux (A. F. Fourcroy 1791, in Ann. de chim 8 68).

Pronunciation

adipocerous

/ˌadɪpəˈsɪərəs/