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maceration
Part of speech: NounThe 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.
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