adipocere

• “Much more rarely, the fetus is converted into a yellowish, greasy mass to which the term adipocere is applied.”

  The Well-Timed Period

• “This greasy, sometimes waxy substance is known as adipocere, or grave wax.”

  Break No Bones

• “Corpses of infants and overweight persons are particularly prone to adipocere transformation.”

  A Bit of Soap

• “Grave wax (adipocere) tends to be a strange substance, smooth and, when it's had time, relatively hard and brittle (not always; it depends on the conditions).”

  A Bit of Soap

• “OMG–I totally thought that was a corpse converted to adipocere.”

  Regretsy – Button Honey

• “Nora turned back to the body and studied the edges of the flesh where the right leg must have been submerged in water; the visible tendons and ligaments looked frayed, and she could see a layer of adipocere beneath the skin—ordinary body fat transformed into a yellowish, waxy material—a common feature of preserved remains.”

  Simon & Schuster: FALSE MERMAID

• ““Enveloped in adipocere packing the basicranium, below the palate.””

  Simon & Schuster: Spider Bones

• “I had a similar situation discussing some bad adipocere, and bless her heart, the woman doesn't speak to me to this day.”

  Through A Glass Darkly

• “I'd seen corpses in which adipocere preserved the body and facial features, while putrefaction turned the insides to soup.”

  Break No Bones

• “I could see abrasions in the adipocere where the knees and shins had scraped against the drum's inner surface.”

  Break No Bones

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