English Explanatory Dictionary

malacia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abnormal softening of organs or tissues of the human body.
  2. An abnormal craving for certain types of food.

Word forms

malacia malacias

Etymology

From Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακία (malakía, “softness, sickness”). By surface analysis, malac- (“soft”) + -ia (“disease”).

Derived words

bronchomalacia cardiomalacia cerebromalacia chondromalacia craniomalacia encephalomalacia hepatomalacia keratomalacia laryngomalacia leukoencephalomalacia leukomalacia malacic myelomalacia odontomalacia osteomalacia polioencephalomalacia scleromalacia tracheomalacia
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