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Want to find out what does the word maceration mean? We gathered all the possible definitions of the word maceration on our website. Our definition dictionary is updated all the time with new definitions and is ready to help you.

maceration

Part of speech: Noun

The act of wasting or making lean; mortification; corporal hardship; the process or operation of softening or extracting the soluble portion of anything by steeping in a cold liquid, as water. Note- Infusion is performed by pouring a hot liquid over a substance, as tea; decoction, by boiling a substance in a liquid.

Usage examples "maceration":

Where the cause of the trouble is idiocy of the Tescheron quality, it has to go through a long course of pulverization, maceration and cure; if you hurry the process, the goods will be sour and hurt the business, if the lot gets out under the trade- mark. - "Cupid's Middleman", Edward B. Lent.