maceration

  • 41Maceration — 1. Opbløden (af væv). 2. Udtæring …

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  • 42maceration — mæsÉ™ reɪʃn n. act or process of softening by soaking; act or process of separating or dissolving; process of becoming thin, wasting away …

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  • 43maceration — n. 1. Mortification. 2. Softening, steeping, soaking …

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  • 44maceration — n 1. soaking, steeping, saturation; pulping, mashing. 2. emaciation, wasting away, shrinking, shriveling, withering, drying up …

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  • 45maceration — mac·er·a·tion …

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  • 46maceration — n. 1) the softening of a solid by leaving it immersed in a liquid. 2) (in obstetrics) the natural breakdown of a dead fetus within the uterus …

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  • 47maceration — See: macerate …

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  • 48maceration — noun 1. softening due to soaking or steeping • Derivationally related forms: ↑macerate • Hypernyms: ↑softening 2. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) • Syn: ↑bonyness, ↑boniness, ↑ …

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  • 49Carbonic maceration — is a winemaking technique, often associated with the French wine region of Beaujolais, in which whole grapes are fermented in a carbon dioxide rich environment prior to crushing. Conventional alcoholic fermentation involves crushing the grapes to …

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  • 50Acid maceration — is a technique to extract organic microfossils from a the surrounding rock.HCl or acetic acid may be used to extract phosphatic fossils, such as the small shelly fossils, from a carbonate matrix.HF is also used in acid macerations to extract… …

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