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maceration
mac·er·ate M0005800 (măs′ə-rāt′)v. mac·er·at·ed, mac·er·at·ing, mac·er·ates v.tr.1. To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid.2. To separate into constituents by soaking.3. To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate.v.intr. To become soft or separated into constituents by soaking: "allowed the juice and skins of the white grapes to macerate together overnight before pressing" (Gerald Asher).n. (-ĭt) A substance prepared or produced by macerating.
[Latin mācerāre, mācerāt-; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]
mac′er·a′tion n.mac′er·a′tor, mac′er·at′er n.macerationthe act or process of softening or separating by soaking or steeping.See also: ProcessesThesaurus| Noun | 1. | maceration - softening due to soaking or steepingsoftening - the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat" | | 2. |  maceration - extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)boniness, bonyness, emaciation, gauntnessleanness, spareness, thinness - the property of having little body fat |
TranslationsMaceration
maceration[‚mas·ə′rā·shən] (chemical engineering) The process of extracting fragrant oils from flower petals by immersing them in hot molten fat. (science and technology) The process of softening or wearing away a material by wetting it or steeping it in a liquid. Maceration separation of plant or animal cells in the tissues. Natural maceration is the result of the dissolving of the intercellular substance. In plants maceration occurs in the flesh of ripening fruits (for example, privet, some varieties of apple, watermelons, and bananas), sometimes only after frosts (for example, in the fruits of medlar and sweetbrier), and also when separation layers form in leaf petioles (before leaf fall) and in fruit stems (before fruit fall). During anatomic research maceration is produced by treating sections or pieces of wood, leaves, roots, and the like with chromic acid or hot ammonia solution. Maceration is used in processing flax, manufacturing paper from wood, and other processes. Maceration of animal tissues occurs when they are in contact with water for a long time. It is used in preparing skeletons and histological specimens by treating dead bodies or individual tissues with water, alkaline solutions, acid solutions, and other substances. maceration
maceration [mas″ĕ-ra´shun] the softening of a solid by soaking. In histology, the softening of a tissue by soaking, especially in acids, until the connective tissue fibers are dissolved so that the tissue components can be teased apart. In obstetrics, the degenerative changes with discoloration and softening of tissues, and eventual disintegration, of a fetus retained in the uterus after its death.mac·er·a·tion (mas'ĕr-ā'shŭn), 1. Softening by the action of a liquid. 2. Softening of tissues after death by nonputrefactive (sterile) autolysis; seen especially in the stillborn, with detachment of the epidermis. [L. macero, pp. -atus, to soften by soaking] maceration Obstetrics
The sloughing of immature skin from a foetus that died in vivo and was not immediately evacuated from the uterus.
Wound care
Necrotic tissue that has been moist for a prolonged period and undergone deterioration.maceration Obstetrics The sloughing of wads of immature skin from a fetus that died in vivo and wasn't immediately evacuated from the uterus Wound care Generic nastiness of a wound or ulcer which has been wet way too longmac·er·a·tion (mas'ěr-ā'shŭn) 1. Softening by the action of a liquid. 2. Softening of tissues after death by nonputrefactive (sterile) autolysis; seen especially in the stillborn, with bullous separation of the epidermis. [L. macero, pp. -atus, to soften by soaking]mac·er·a·tion (mas'ěr-ā'shŭn) Softening by the action of a liquid. [L. macero, pp. -atus, to soften by soaking]maceration
Synonyms for macerationnoun softening due to soaking or steepingRelated Wordsnoun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)Synonyms- boniness
- bonyness
- emaciation
- gauntness
Related Words- leanness
- spareness
- thinness
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