Resembling wax in appearance or texture; having the smooth, pale quality of wax.
From Latin 'cera' (wax) plus the suffix '-aceous' (meaning having the nature of). This adjectival form developed in scientific English to describe the waxy appearance of certain substances, plants, or skin conditions.
Doctors use 'ceraceous' to describe the pale, smooth, slightly shiny skin of people with certain illnesses—it literally looks like someone covered you in a thin layer of wax!
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