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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

maceratio

: cf. F.

macération

The act or process of macerating.

Noun.

The act or the process of making thin or lean by wearing away, or by mortification.

The act, process or operation of softening and almost dissolving by steeping in a fluid.

The saliva serves for the maceration and dissolution of the meat into chyle.

See also: maceration

macération f ‎(plural macérations)