malaxo-, malax- (Latin: to soften, softening; to mollify; a kneading movement used in massage; stroking, caressing, love play).dermalaxia:
1. Kneading or massaging the skin.
2. Stroking or caressing the skin. malax:
1. To soften, mollify.
2. To rub or knead (a plaster, etc.) to softness. 3. To soften by kneading, rubbing, mixing, or by stirring with some thinner substance; as, especially with drugs in the preparation of plasters and pills. malaxable:
That which may be softened.
malaxage:
The operation of kneading and working the unbaked clay of which pottery is to be made; softening.
malaxate:
1. To knead to softness; to make soft by mixing or rubbing.
2. To compound into a single mass; to mix up a medicinal preparation, as in the production of pharmaceuticals. malaxation:
1. Formation of ingredients into a mass for pills and plasters.
2. A kneading process or manipulation during a massage. 3. The action of reducing to a soft mass by kneading or rolling. 4. The act of chewing; mastication. malaxator:
A machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass, as in tempering clay.
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