vernix

noun

1. (uncountable)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.”