Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maceration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maceration \Mac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. maceratio: cf. F.
mac['e]ration.]
The act or process of macerating.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maceration
n 1: softening due to soaking or steeping
2: extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
[syn: {bonyness}, {emaciation}, {gauntness}]
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