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malacia

[mə′lāsh·ə]

(medicine)

Abnormal softening of tissues of an organ or other body structure.

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I do not believe that the passage of Proposition 215 is a signal that the public's attitude toward drugs is softening.

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the total softening plant must be placed in the existing softening building and in a new building called "kalkpillebygning" next to this.

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The phrase Caves of ice appears twice in the poem, and we have detected the softening effect in both instances for both readers.

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a color and additive masterbatch supplier to the nonwoven industry, unveiled its mBrace softening additive at the RISE Conference in Colorado.