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vernix caseosa
- First Day of Life (Nemours Foundation)... babies are born with a white coating called vernix caseosa, which protects their skin from the constant exposure to amniotic fluid in the womb. The vernix is washed off with the baby's first bath. ...
- Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal (Nemours Foundation)... coated with a thick, pasty, white material called vernix caseosa (made up of the fetus' shed skin cells ...
