Maceration
WordNet
noun
(1) Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
(2) Softening due to soaking or steeping
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act or process of macerating
- The Armored Dinosaurs edited by Kenneth Carpenter 2001
- ... proposed that the small size of the teeth ... implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.
- The Armored Dinosaurs edited by Kenneth Carpenter 2001