Usually means: Protective waxy coating on newborns.
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▸ noun:  (obstetrics, medecine) The waxy or "cheesy" white substance found coating the skin of newborn humans.

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vernix, caseous necrosis, skinbound disease, sclerema neonatorum, nevus lipomatosus superficialis, caseification, keratosis, caseation, melanosis, dermatoma, more...

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vernix, caseous necrosis, skinbound disease, sclerema neonatorum, nevus lipomatosus superficialis, caseification, keratosis, caseation, melanosis, dermatoma, more...



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