Associations to the word «Malacia»

Wiktionary

MALACIA, noun. (medicine) An abnormal craving for certain types of food. [from 17th c.]
MALACIA, noun. (pathology) Abnormal softening of organs or tissues of the human body. [from 19th c.]

Dictionary definition

MALACIA, noun. A state of abnormal softening of tissue.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope