maceration
Pronunciation: mas′ĕr-ā′shŭn
Definition:
- Softening by the action of a liquid.
- 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]
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