malaxation
noun
malax·a·tion
ˌmaləkˈsāshən,
məˌlakˈs-
plural -s
1
: the act or process of reducing to a soft mass by malaxating
2
: the process by which parasitic and predatory hymenoptera chew their victims previous to feeding by the adult or larvae
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin malaxation-, malaxatio act of softening, from Latin malaxatus + -ion-, -io -ion