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Adipocere

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adipocere /ad·i·po·cere/ (ad´ĭ-po-sēr″) a waxy substance formed during decomposition of dead animal bodies, consisting mainly of insoluble salts of fatty acids.adipocer´atous
ad·i·po·cere (d-p-sîr)
n.
A brown, fatty, waxlike substance that forms on dead animal tissue in response to moisture. Also called lipocere.
adi·po·cera·tous (-sr-ts) adj.
Gravewax
Also called adipocere. Waxy induration of adipose tissue that occurs when an unembalmed body resides one or more months in cold wet ground
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The butter has turned white and transformed into adipocere, a water-proof substance made mainly of fatty acids, found on well-preserved bodies found in bogs.
Butter's out of date.. by 3,000 years; AMAZING FIND IN PEAT BOG by The Mirror (London, England)
The butter has changed to white and is now adipocere, which is essentially animal fat, the same sort of substance that is found on well-preserved bodies of people or animals found in the bog.
3,000 yr old butter discovered in Ireland by Asian News International
Adipocere refers to a fatty wax substance that forms on bodies either submerged in water or buried in damp conditions without oxygen and air.
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