(n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two homologs of 9-chloro-10-methoxy(9-methoxy-10-chloro) fatty acids were found in adipocere from the human neonate, and identified as 9-chloro-10-methoxy(9-methoxy-10-chloro)hexadecanoic acid and 9-chloro-10-methoxy(9-methoxy-10-chloro)-octadecanoic acid.
(2) 78.5 degrees -79.0 degrees C, was optically inactive and the adipocere contained about 3 to 20% hydroxy fatty acid of the total fatty acids.
(3) The adipocere contained approximately 7.2% 9-chloro-10-methoxy(9-methoxy-10-chloro) fatty acids in the total fatty acids.
(4) The melting point of the hydroxy fatty acid was nearly identical with that of the 10-D, L-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid synthesized organically, suggesting that the hydroxy fatty acid in the adipocere appears to be converted non-enzymatically.
(5) The adipocere contained about 1.3 to 1.6% oxo fatty acid of total fatty acids.
(6) The process of saponification, whereby after death the body's tissue turns to a soap-like substance called adipocere, also called grave-wax, has been slowed.
(7) A proposed mechanism for formation of adipocere is described.
(8) The relationship of adipocere formation to the postmortem interval and the problems of injury interpretation are discussed.
(9) In the adipocere two hydroxy fatty acid components were detected by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC).
(10) Two kinds of oxo fatty acids were found to be present in the adipocere.
(11) These hydroxy fatty acids found in the adipocere appear to play an important role on the formation of adipocere.
(12) Some varieties of aerobic or anaerobic microorganisms from the human stool and adipocere were separated and identified.
(13) Immersion occurred at the time of the year when water temperature was highest (70 degrees F [21 degrees C]) facilitating the rapid formation of adipocere.
(14) Extensive adipocere formation resulted in remarkable preservation of gross anatomic features of internal organs.
(15) It is suggested that some ancient CaCO(3) concretions, especially those enclosing fossils of soft-bodied organisms, may have formed rapidly after death in the form of natural Ca soap (adipocere) which was later converted to CaCO(3).
(16) Aerobic bacteria as well as anaerobic microorganisms were found to be involved in the formation of adipocere.
(17) The analyses of bone marrow and body tissue (adipocere) from a severely decomposed body for the presence of paracetamol and dextropropoxyphene (Distalgesic) are described, and the levels of drugs found are presented.
(18) It is suggested that the autopsy should be supplemented by chemical analysis in order to describe the state of adipocere correctly.
(19) The hydroxy fatty acid purified from the adipocere, m.p.
(20) Microbial synthesis of hydroxy and oxo fatty acids was studied as one of the model of experimental adipocere formation.