maceration

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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) [n] softening due to soaking or steeping

	Synonyms:	bonyness, emaciation, gauntness

	See Also:	leanness, softening, thinness

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Mac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. maceratio: cf. F. mac['e]ration.] The act or process of macerating.

Medical Dictionary

	Definition:	Softening of tissue by soaking.