Found 2 items, similar to maceration.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: maceration maceration n 1: softening due to soaking or steeping 2: extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) [syn: bonyness, emaciation, gauntness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Maceration Maceration \Mac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. maceratio: cf. F. mac['e]ration.] The act or process of macerating. [1913 Webster]