Ad'i-po-cēre', n.

n. [Fr. adipocire, N. Lat. adipocera, from adeps, gen. adipis, soft fat, and cera, Fr. cire, wax.] A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light-brown color, into which the fat and muscular fiber of dead animal bodies are converted, by long immersion in water or spirit, or by burial in moist places under peculiar circumstances. This substance was first discovered by Fourcroy, in the Cimetière des Innocents, when it was removed in 1787.