MALACIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of abnormal softening of tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("malacia" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malacia"):

osteomalacia (abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D)

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