adipocere means A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis.“In some cases, however, brains outlast all other soft tissues and remain intact for hundreds or thousands of years. […] [Alexandra] Morton-Hayward's experiments suggest the brains endure through a process called molecular cross-linking, in which brain protein remnants and degraded lipids form a spongy polymer. […] The mechanism appears distinct from how some other bodily tissues are preserved afte”