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A white cheese-like protective material that covers the skin of a fetus
Answer for the clue "A white cheese-like protective material that covers the skin of a fetus ", 6 letters:
vernix
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n. (context medicine English) vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies.
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n. a white cheese-like protective material that covers the skin of a fetus [syn: vernix caseosa ]
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The guess may be hazarded that cephalhematoma, hydrocephalus, meningocele, nevi, or an excessive amount of vernix caseosa were the conditions indicated, but a wider acquaintance with the meaning of the cuneiform characters is necessary before any certain identification is possible.
The guess may be hazarded that cephalhematoma, hydrocephalus, meningocele, nevi, or an excessive amount of vernix caseosa were the conditions indicated, but a wider acquaintance with the meaning of the cuneiform characters is necessary before any certain identification is possible.
According to Crocker either after the removal of the vernix caseosa, which may be thick, or as the skin dries it is noticeably red, smooth, shiny, and in the more severe cases covered with actual plates.
Their folded bodies were scruffy with vernix caseosa, a wax-like substance secreted by fetal sebaceous glands to protect their skin during the long immersion.