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Maceration

//mæsəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) wordnet
  3. 3
    softening due to soaking or steeping wordnet

Etymology

Latin mācerātiō.

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