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vernix

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɜːnɪks/Part of speech nounSorted einrvxStarts with VEnds with X0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus

Word origin

Derived from Medieval Latin vernix (“varnish”).

Used in a sentence

  • The cheesy stuff is called vernix, and it's a natural moisturizer that protects the baby's skin while she's in the womb.
  • But when – like Troy in the end of the film – you are presented for the first time with an angry, purple, bloody, vernix-covered, shit-smeared, breathing human being, everything changes.

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