Look up: Maceration


  1. maceration
    [n] - softening due to soaking or steeping
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=maceration

  2. Maceration
    Red winemaking process in which tannins, pigments and flavour compounds are released from the grape skins in the fermentation vessel. Fermentation is usually over pretty quickly with red wines, so many winemakers like to leave the wine in contact with the skins for longer; this is known as extended ...
    Found op http://www.surf4wine.co.uk/glossary.html

  3. Maceration
    The prolonged contact of the must and the sediments during fermentation; maceration is longer or shorter depending on whether one wishes to obtain a red or rosé wine. It is during maceration that the aromas and tannins are diffused.
    Found op http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/livingroom/glossaryJKLM.htm

  4. Maceration
    The contact of grape skins with the must during fermentation, extracting phenolic compounds including tannins, anthocyanins, and aroma.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20673

  5. Maceration
    Mac`er·a'tion noun [ Latin maceratio : confer French macération .] The act or process of macerating.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/2

  6. maceration
    The softening of a solid by soaking. ... <pathology> The softening of a tissue by soaking, especially in acids, until the connective tissue fibres are so dissolved that the tissue components can be teased apart. In obstetrics, the degenerative changes with discolouration and softening of tissu...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?maceration

  7. maceration
    noun softening due to soaking or steeping
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=maceration

  8. maceration
    (mas″әr-a´shәn) the softening of a solid by soaking. In histology, the softening of a tissue by soaking, especially in acids, until the connective tissue fibers are dissolved so that the tissue components can be teased apart. In obstetrics, the degenerative changes with discolorat...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Maceration
    • (n.) The act or process of macerating.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/maceration/

  10. maceration
    (from the article `essential oil`) ...and to rupture some of the cell walls of oil-bearing glands. Steam distillation is by far the most common and important method of production, and ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/3

  11. maceration
    (L. maceratio) the softening of a solid by soaking. In histology, the softening of a tissue by soaking, especially in acids, until the connective tissue fibres are so dissolved that the tissue components can be teased apart. In obstetrics, the degenerative changes with discoloration and softening of...
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio51.html

  12. Maceration
    Maceration is an infusion or soaking of a substance in water or another liquid either in order to soften it or to draw out the substance's virtues.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AM.HTM



  1. maceration
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mas′ĕr-ā′shŭn Definitions: 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.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=52096

  2. Maceration
    [bone] Maceration is a bone preparation technique whereby a clean skeleton is obtained from a vertebrate carcass by leaving it to decompose inside a closed container at near-constant temperature. This may be done as part of a forensic investigation, as a recovered body is too badly decompose...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceration_(bone)

  3. Maceration
    [food] In food preparation, maceration is softening or breaking into pieces using a liquid. Raw, dried or preserved fruit or vegetables are soaked in a liquid to soften the food or absorb the flavor of the liquid into the food. In the case of fresh fruit, they are often just sprinkled with s...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceration_(food)

  4. Maceration
    [wine] Maceration is the winemaking process where the phenolic materials of the grape— tannins, coloring agents (anthocyanins) and flavor compounds— are leached from the grape skins, seeds and stems into the must. Maceration is the process by which the red wine receives its red color, si...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceration_(wine)

  5. maceration
    1. softening due to soaking or steeping
    2. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

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  6. Maceration
    softening or sogginess of tissues owing to retention of excessive moisture.
    Found op http://www.textilesintelligence.com/glo/index.cfm?SECTION=M

  7. Maceration
    The softening and disintegration of a dead fetus that remains in the uterus after death has occurred. Skin may become red and appear to peel off as well.
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/M/1

  8. Maceration
    The act of soaking grape skins and other solids in their juice for certain time periods prior to fermentation of the juice. Often used for Chardonnay production in order to increase the extraction of Chardonnay flavour (which is otherwise concentrated in the skins rather than in the juice).
    Found op http://www.edenwines.co.uk/Glossary_m.html

  9. MACERATION
    Softening or dissolution of skin cell layers, resulting from overexposure to moisture or topical medications.
    Found op http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L=M

  10. Maceration
    Softening or disintegration of tissues following prolonged wetting. Stratum corneum becomes eroded.
    Found op http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/m.html

  11. Maceration
    [sewage] Maceration, in sewage treatment, the use of a machine that reduces solids to small pieces in order to deal with rags and other solid waste. Also, macerating toilets, which use a grinding or blending mechanism to reduce human waste to a slurry, which can then be moved by pumping. Thi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceration_(sewage)

  12. maceration
    1) Softening 2) Softening due to soaking or steeping
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/maceration/1

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