malacotic

Relating to or characterized by malacia.

Lacking in firmness.

• s. fat — unpleasant soft fat occurs in pigs fed for too long on kitchen swill.
• s. khaki weed — see gomphrena celosioides.
• s. palate myositis — a cause of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in horses, resulting in chronic obstruction of the airway during exercise.
• s. rolypoly — salsola kali.
• s. rush — juncus effusus.
• s. shell disease — fish eggs lose their turgidity and become flat and wrinkled; the cause is unknown.
• s. shelled eggs — hen eggs with soft shells occur in birds affected by avian infectious bronchitis and can persist for a long time into the recovery period.
• s. ticks — ticks lacking a dorsal shield or scutum; members of the family Argasidae, e.g. Argas persicus. Called also nonscutate.
• s. tissue — tissue other than bone and cartilage.
• s. x-ray beam — made at low kVp output. The beam has low energy and weak penetration.