'Maceration' definitions:
Definition of 'maceration'
(from WordNet)
noun
Softening due to soaking or steeping
noun
Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) [syn: bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration]
Definition of 'Maceration'
From: GCIDE
- Maceration \Mac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. maceratio: cf. F. mac['e]ration.] The act or process of macerating. [1913 Webster]