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maceration
(mas″әr-a´shәn)
the softening of a solid by soaking. In histology, the softening of a tissue by soaking, especially in acids, until the connective
tissue fibers are dissolved so that the tissue components can be teased apart. In obstetrics, the degenerative changes with
discoloration and softening of tissues, and eventual disintegration, of a fetus retained in the uterus after its death.

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