maceration
noun
mac·er·a·tion
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Medical Definition of maceration
1
: an act or the process of macerating something
especially
: the extraction of a drug by allowing it to stand in contact with a solvent
2
: the condition of being macerated
the fetus was recovered in an advanced state of maceration