mollescent

English

Adjective

mollescent (comparative more mollescent, superlative most mollescent)

  1. Becoming soft.
    • 1832, George Rogerson, A Treatise on Inflammations, page 281:
      Mortification is of two kinds, — the white (or mollescent), in which texture is changed into a whitish pulp; and the black, which is the common gangrene. The parts which are most liable to be converted into mollescent mortification are the brain and mucous membranes […]

Latin

Verb

mollēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of mollēscō
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