malacia
Morbid softening or softness of a part or tissue; also used as a word termination, as in osteomalacia, encephalomalacia, myelomalacia.
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Morbid softening or softness of a part or tissue; also used as a word termination, as in osteomalacia, encephalomalacia, myelomalacia.
-malacia is a combining form (especially a suffix) used in medical terminology to denote an abnormal "softening of the tissues".
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