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Definition of Maceration

1. Noun. Softening due to soaking or steeping.

2. Noun. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).

Definition of Maceration

1. n. The act or process of macerating.

Definition of Maceration

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Maceration

1. The softening of a solid by soaking. The softening of a tissue by soaking, especially in acids, until the connective tissue fibres are so dissolved that the tissue components can be teased apart. In obstetrics, the degenerative changes with discolouration and softening of tissues and eventual disintegration, of a foetus retained in the uterus after its death. Origin: L. Maceratio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maceration

macedoines Macedon Macedonia macedonian Macedonian Macedonian War macer macerate macerate macerated

macerater maceraters macerates macerating maceration (current term) maceration (current term) macerations macerative macerator macerators

macers maces Macewen's sign Macewen's symptom Macewen's triangle MacGregor Mach Mach's band mach-zender interferometer Machado-Guerreiro test

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