Look up: maceration

1. maceration
   [n] - softening due to soaking or steeping
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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 ...
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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.
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4. Maceration
   The contact of grape skins with the must during fermentation, extracting phenolic compounds including tannins, anthocyanins, and aroma.
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5. maceration
   1.prolonged contact of the must with the solid parts of the grapes 2.crushing or disintegration of grapes by mechanical means Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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6. Maceration
   Mac`er·a'tion noun [ Latin maceratio : confer French macération .] The act or process of macerating.
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7. 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...
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8. maceration
   noun softening due to soaking or steeping
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9. 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 discoloration and softenin...
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10. Maceration
    • (n.) The act or process of macerating.
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11. 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 ...
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12. 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...
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13. 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.
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14. 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.
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15. maceration
    
    • softening due to soaking or steeping
    • extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
    
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16. Maceration
    softening or sogginess of tissues owing to retention of excessive moisture.
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17. 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.
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18. 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).
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19. MACERATION
    Softening or dissolution of skin cell layers, resulting from overexposure to moisture or topical medications.
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20. Maceration
    Softening or disintegration of tissues following prolonged wetting. Stratum corneum becomes eroded.
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21. Maceration
    (wine) musts interact with the skins during fermentation to add color, tannins and flavor to the 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...
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22. 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 wi...
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23. 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 decompos...
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