maceration
Example Sentences
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The residues are sorted, ground and mixed with a maceration of gum arabic to facilitate ignition, and with clay to slow combustion.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
He described how there was a reddening of the skin around Noah's forehead as well as "extensive maceration and peeling" of his hands and feet.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
People throw around phrases like "carbonic maceration" and "Ella, that's not a sample."
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2022
This enormous and authoritative work of scholarship, nearly a decade in the making, covers nearly every aspect of its subject matter, from absinthe spoons to maceration to the Zombie.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
Eventually, it too, as a result of the maceration and tension incidental to the complete filling of the pock with pus-elements, is ruptured or stretched, and the umbilication of the pustule disappears.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
