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mollescent

mollescent adjective: becoming soft.

Adjective

mollescent (comparative more mollescent, superlative most mollescent)

  1. Becoming soft.
    • Mortification is of two kinds, — the white (or mollescent), in which texture is changed into a whitish pulp; and the black, which is the common gangrene. The parts which are most liable to be converted into mollescent mortification are the brain and mucous membranes […]1832, George Rogerson, A Treatise on Inflammations, page 281

Forms of mollescent

comparativemore mollescent
superlativemost mollescent

Questions about mollescent

What does mollescent mean?
Mollescent means becoming soft.
What part of speech is mollescent?
Mollescent is an adjective.

Words near mollescent in the dictionary

  1. Mollenkopf
  2. Moller
  3. Mollers
  4. MOLLEs
  5. mollescence
  6. mollescent
  7. Mollet
  8. molleton
  9. molletons
  10. Mollets
  11. Mollett

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