Maceration
/mæsəˈɹeɪʃən/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of macerating. countable, uncountable
"[…] proposed that the small size of the teeth […] implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing."
- 2 extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) wordnet
- 3 softening due to soaking or steeping wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"[…] proposed that the small size of the teeth […] implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing."
Etymology
Latin mācerātiō.