malacicadj.
/məˈlasɪk/, U.S. /məˈlæsɪk/ Medicine.
Of malacia; characterized by or characteristic of malacia; affected by malacia.
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1890 in Century Dict. Malacic.
1950 S. C. Shanks & P. Kerley Textbk. X-Ray Diagnosis (ed. 2) IV. 136 Pseudo-fractures..are always associated with systemic disease or malacic processes.
1968 Arch. Neurol. (Chicago) 18 563/1 After intracerebral inoculation into Macaca mulatta babies there resulted a devastating malacic and liquefying panencephalitis.
1977 Jrnl. Neurol. 215 253 At the level of Th11 there was a pencil-like malacic lesion, suggesting an apparent interference of circulatory disturbance due possibly to the deformed vertebral column.
1987 Jrnl. Pediatric Surg. 22 28 The application of composite synthetic graft to a segment of a malacic airway in young patients can provide long-term relief from airway collapse.
1993 Jrnl. Compar. Pathol. 108 363 Oedema, numerous macrophages, necrosis and malacic degeneration..occurred.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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