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malaxation

malaxation noun: the act of softening a mass by malaxating.

Noun

malaxation (countable and uncountable, plural malaxations)

  1. The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
  2. A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare captured prey as food for their larvae.
  3. The process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil to aggregate for more effective separation.
  4. In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm.
  5. The kneading and squeezing of ingredients into a mass for making pills and plasters.

Forms of malaxation

pluralmalaxations

Origin of malaxation

From Latin malaxātiō.

Questions about malaxation

What does malaxation mean?
Malaxation means the act of softening a mass by malaxating.
What part of speech is malaxation?
Malaxation is a noun.
What is the plural of malaxation?
The plural of malaxation is malaxations.

Words near malaxation in the dictionary

  1. malaxage
  2. malaxate
  3. malaxated
  4. malaxates
  5. malaxating
  6. malaxation
  7. malaxations
  8. malaxator
  9. malaxators
  10. malaxed
  11. malaxer

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