maceration

See also: macération

English

Etymology

Latin maceratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæsəˈɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

maceration (countable and uncountable, plural macerations)

1. The act or process of macerating.
   • 2001, Ralph E. Molnar, H. Trevor Clifford, “An Ankylosaurian Cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia”, in Kenneth Carpenter, editor, The Armored Dinosaurs, page 404:

     […] proposed that the small size of the teeth […] implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.

Derived terms

• cryomaceration

Translations

act or process of macerating

• Finnish: maserointi (fi) f
• French: macération (fr) f
• Galician: maceración (gl) f
• Italian: maceramento m
• Latvian: atmiekšķēšana f
• Spanish: maceración
• Swedish: maceration (sv) c
• Turkish: maserasyon

Anagrams

• aeromantic, cameration, racemation