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UK
/mˌæsəɹˈeɪʃən/
]
NOUN
- softening due to soaking or steeping
- extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
How To Use maceration In A Sentence
- Seed extraction from the indehiscent pods is usually carried out by manual threshing. milling or maceration of the pods followed by winnowing and screening. Chapter 8
- These devices combine the maceration abilities of mechanical thrombectomy devices with the dissolving effects of targeted thrombolysis. Business Wire Travel News
- Other important observations include the presence of peeling skin and maceration or fissuring of the interdigital skin.
- It then appeared, from the crucifix, the beads, and the shirt of hair which he wore next his person, that his sense of guilt had induced him to receive the dogmata of a religion, which pretends, by the maceration of the body, to expiate the crimes of the soul. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
- The essence of lilac is obtained either by the process of maceration, or enfleurage with grease, and afterwards treating the pomatum thus formed with rectified spirit, in the same manner as previously described for cassie; the odor so much resembles tubereuse, as to be frequently used to adulterate the latter, the demand for tubereuse being at all times greater than the supply. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
- Apparently, maceration is one of those words like "jactation" that sounds dirty but is actually quite technical-it refers to some type of esoteric fermentation process that infuses fruit with vodka. FASHION INDIE
- Local factors include the presence of foreign bodies, tissue maceration, ischaemia, and infection.
- The most important function of the rumen and omasum is the maceration of the fibrous substances, and the digestion of the cellulose. Common Diseases of Farm Animals
- In the middle layer are whole grapes surrounded by juice, and only on the top layer are whole grapes surrounded by carbon dioxide which undergo full carbonic maceration.
- The inhabitants of the Moluccas were in the practice of using, in their wars, in the defence of posts, a liquor afforded by the maceration of the fruit of the gomuti, which the Dutch appropriately denominated hell water. North Coast Culture