malacia

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  1. Morbid softness of any tissue: usually in composition: as, myomalacia, osteomalacia.
  2. A longing for some special article of food; specifically, a depraved appetite. Syd. Soc. Lex.

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  1. from Greek μαλακός, soft.
 

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