Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maceration \Mac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. maceratio: cf. F.
   mac['e]ration.]
   The act or process of macerating.

Source : WordNet®

maceration
     n 1: softening due to soaking or steeping
     2: extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
        [syn: {bonyness}, {emaciation}, {gauntness}]