malacia
noun
softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
malacoid
-
a word derived from
malacia.
Example Sentences
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With malacoid mycelium we have nothing to do in this paper.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
It is distinguished by some writers as nematoid, fibrous, hymenoid, scleroid or tuberculous, and malacoid.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
