An unctuous substance composed of sebum and desquamated epithelial cells, which covers the skin of the fetus. [ MESH:A12.200.946 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernix_caseosa ]
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- MESH:D014708
- NCIT:C34328
- GAID:1174
- UMLS:C0042541 (ncithesaurus:Vernix_Caseosa)
- Wikipedia:Vernix_caseosa
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Subclass of:
- secretion of exocrine gland
- part of some late embryo
- surrounds some skin of body
- has part some sebum
- develops from some periderm
- in taxon some Vertebrata