macerating
71Florida arrowroot — was the commercial name of an edible starch extracted from Zamia integrifolia (coontie), a small cycad native to North America.UseLike other cycads, Zamia integrifolia is poisonous, producing a toxin that affects the gastrointestinal tract and… …
72macerate — macerater, macerator, n. macerative, adj. /mas euh rayt /, v., macerated, macerating. v.t. 1. to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid. 2. to soften or decompose (food) by the action of a solvent. 3. to cause to grow thin. v.i. 4 …
73maceration — /mas euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of macerating. 2. a process in winemaking in which the crushed grape skins are left in the juice until they have imparted the desired color or the proper amount of tannins and aroma. [1485 95 < L… …
74maceration — noun The act or process of macerating ... proposed that the small size of the teeth ... implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing …
75Macerate — 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). * * * To soften by steeping or soaking. [see maceration] *… …
76maceration — 1. Softening by the action of a liquid. 2. Softening of tissues after death by nonputrefactive (sterile) autolysis; seen especially in the stillborn, with detachment of the epidermis. [L. macero, pp. atus, to soften by soaking] * * *… …
77gnathobase — Endite which through medial contact with opposite member of its pair serves for comminution of food; may also serve in food transport [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Paired endites used to manipulate or move food [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Class… …
78Chopper pumps — Picture of a dry installed chopper pump, model MPTK I. Courtesy of Landia. A chopper pump is a centrifugal pump, which is equipped with a cutting system to facilitate chopping/maceration of solids that are present in the pumped liquid. The main… …
79Irritant diaper dermatitis — Diaper rash Classification and external resources Unused disposable diaper ICD 10 L …
80macerate — (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.… …
