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/ˈvɜːnɪks/ · noun
(obstetrics, medicine) Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies..
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.
Use vernix when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vernix means (obstetrics, medicine) Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies..
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The cheesy stuff is called vernix, and it's a natural moisturizer that protects the baby's skin while she's in the womb.
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