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    Vernix caseosa, also known as vernix, is the waxy white substance found coating the skin of newborn human babies. It is produced by dedicated cells and...
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    Toxicodendron vernix, commonly known as poison sumac, or swamp-sumach, is a woody shrub or small tree growing to 9 metres (30 feet) tall. It was previously...
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    or, in the case of lacquer tree (T. vernicifluum) and poison sumac (T. vernix), as trees. While leaves of poison ivy and poison oaks usually have three...
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    to hold the vernix caseosa on the skin. Together they protect the delicate fetal skin from being damaged by the amniotic fluid. The vernix caseosa also...
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    diversilobum, syn. Rhus diversiloba), and poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix, syn. Rhus vernix), produce the allergen urushiol and can cause severe allergic reactions...
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    Vernix (French pronunciation: [vɛʁni]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. Vernix is the home of 155 people (2018)...
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  • from the plant Rhus coriaria Poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix (formerly classified as Rhus vernix) Sumach, Missouri, a community in the United States Yma...
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  • first discharge, composed of blood, shreds of fetal membranes, decidua, vernix caseosa, lanugo and membranes. It is red in color because of the large amount...
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    eastern) Toxicodendron diversilobum (poison oak – western) Toxicodendron vernix (poison sumac) Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Japanese lacquer tree) "Toxicodendron...
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  • BCFAs are most often found in bacteria, but can be found in nattō, dairy, vernix caseosa of human infants and California sea lions where they may play a...
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