Maceration

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maceration \Mac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. maceratio: cf. F.
     mac['e]ration.]
     The act or process of macerating.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  maceration
       n 1: softening due to soaking or steeping
       2: extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
          [syn: {bonyness}, {emaciation}, {gauntness}]