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MALACIA
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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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