adipocire

[ADIPOCERE.] ǎd'-ip-ōse, a [Lat. adipis , gen it. of adeps, fat; and suff. -ose full of. Webster inquires whether adeps may be connected with Chaldee and Heb. ( aphash ) = to grow fat, and Arab, tafashan fat, bulky.] Phys. Fat, loaded with fat, with fat abundantly secreted.