maceration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maceration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for maceration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maceration n softening due to soaking or steeping extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) Synonym(s): bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maceration \Mac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. maceratio: cf. F. mac[82]ration.] The act or process of macerating.