Macerate

Macerate
To soften tissues after death by soaking and by enzymatic digestion, as occurs with a stillborn. The word "macerate" comes from the Latin "macero" meaning to soften by soaking (in a liquid).
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To soften by steeping or soaking. [see maceration]

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mac·er·ate 'mas-ə-.rāt vb, -at·ed; -at·ing vt to soften (as tissue) by steeping or soaking so as to separate into constituent elements vi to undergo maceration <allow the drug to \macerate in hot water for one hour>
mac·er·ate 'mas-ə-rət n a product of macerating: something prepared by maceration <examining the chromosomes in a liver \macerate> compare HOMOGENATE

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mac·er·ate (masґər-āt) to soften by wetting or soaking; see maceration.

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  • Macerate — Mac er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Macerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Macerating}.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. ? to knead.] 1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.] Harvey. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • macerate — index bait (harass), plague Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • macerate — (v.) late 15c., a back formation from maceration or else from L. maceratus, pp. of macerare soften, make soft, soak, steep, related to maceria garden wall, originally of kneaded clay, from PIE *mak ero , suffixed form of root *mag to knead (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • macerate — *crush, mash, smash, bruise, squash Analogous words: *separate, part, divide: stew, seethe, simmer (see BOIL): soften (see corresponding adjective at SOFT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • macerate — ► VERB ▪ soften or break up (food) by soaking in a liquid. DERIVATIVES maceration noun. ORIGIN Latin macerare …   English terms dictionary

  • macerate — [mas′ər āt΄] vt. macerated, macerating [< L maceratus, pp. of macerare, to make soft or tender, weaken, harass < IE base * māk , to knead > Latvian màcu, to squeeze] 1. to soften and break down into component parts by soaking in liquid… …   English World dictionary

  • macerate — [[t]mæ̱səreɪt[/t]] macerates, macerating, macerated V ERG If you macerate food, or if it macerates, you soak it in a liquid for a period of time so that it absorbs the liquid. [V n in n] I like to macerate the food in liqueur for a few minutes… …   English dictionary

  • macerate — UK [ˈmæsəreɪt] / US [ˈmæsəˌreɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms macerate : present tense I/you/we/they macerate he/she/it macerates present participle macerating past tense macerated past participle macerated formal to make food soft… …   English dictionary

  • macerate — ma|cer|ate [ˈmæsəreıt] v [I and T] technical [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of macerare to soften, macerate ] to make something soft by leaving it in water, or to become soft in this way …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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