vernix caseosa

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsvernix

   Broadermaterial

Questions about vernix caseosa

What does vernix caseosa mean?

vernix caseosa means "a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus".

What is another word for vernix caseosa?

Close synonyms include vernix. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vernix caseosa a common word?

vernix caseosa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.