- adipocerite
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/ad'euh pos"euh ruyt'/, n.hatchettite.[ADIPOCERE + -ITE1]
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adipocerite
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adipo- — adip(o) ♦ Élément, du lat. adeps, adipis « graisse ». ⇒ADIPO , élément préf. Sert à former des composés sav. appartenant à la chim., à la physiol., à la méd., etc. Indique gén. la présence normale ou anormale de tissus de nature graisseuse (cf.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
