malaco-, malac-, malako-, -malacia (Greek: soft, softness; abnormal softening, soft-bodied).arteriomalacia:
Softening of the arteries.
bronchomalacia:
Degeneration (softening) of elastic and connective tissue of bronchi and trachea.
cardiomalacia:
Softening of the walls of the heart.
cerebromalacia:
Abnormal softness of the cerebral parenchyma often due to ischemia or infarction.
chondromalacia:
Softening of any cartilage.
craniomalacia:
Softening of the bones of the skull.
encephlalomalacia:
Abnormal softness of the cerebral parenchyma often due to ischemia or infarction.
esophagomalacia:
Softening of the walls of the esophagus.
gastromalacia:
Softening of the walls of the stomach.
hepatomalacia:
Softening of the liver.
iridomalacia:
Degenerastive softening of the iris.
keratomalacia:
Dryness with ulceration and perforation of the cornea, with absence of inflammatory reactions, occurring in cachectic children; results from severe vitamin A deficiency.
malacia, malacosis:
1. A softening or loss of consistency and contiguity in any of the organs or tissues of the body.
2. Morbid softening of a tissue or part. 3. Malacia denotes a morbid craving for certain articles of food or articles which are not devoid of nutrition, whereas pica denotes a desire for unnutritious substances; as in pregnancy or eating dirt. malacic, malacotic:
Of or pertaining to malacia.
malacoderm, malacodermatous:
1. Having a soft skin.
2. A soft-skinned animal; an animal of any of the various groups called Malacodermata. malacodermous:
Soft-skinned.
malacissation:
The action of making soft or supple.
malacology, malacological:
The science, or branch of zoology, that involves the study of the formation and habits of soft-bodied animals or molluscs.
malacologist:
A specialist in malacology.
malacoma:
A morbidly soft part or spot.
malacophilous, malacophily:
Pollinated by snails.
malacoplakia, malakoplakia:
The formation of soft patches on the mucous membrane of a hollow organ of the body.
malacopterygian:
Of or pertaining to the Malacopterygii or soft-finned fishes.
malacosarcosis:
Softness of muscular tissue.
malacosis:
Malacia.
malacosomous:
Characterized by a soft body.
malacostean:
Osteomalacia.
malacostomous:
A reference to fish that have a soft mouth (i.e. toothless jaws); leather-mouthed.
malacotic:
Inclined to malacia; soft; said of teeth.
malacotomist:
One who is versed in malacotomy.
malacotomy, malacotomic:
1. A surgical incision into soft tissue, such as the anterior abdominal wall.
2. The anatomy of soft-bodied animals, e.g. the Mollusca. malacozoic:
1. Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa or soft-bodied animals, e.g. the Mollusca.
2. Huxley's term for the series of animals from the lowest Polyzoa to the highest molluscs. malacozoology:
The study or science of soft-bodied animals; such as, Mollusca.
malactic:
1. Softening; emollient.
2. An emollient [softening or soothing] medicine. metromalacia:
Obsolete term for pathologic softening of the uterine tissues.
myelomalacia:
Softening of the spinal cord.
myomalacia:
Pathologic softening of muscular tissue.
nephromalacia:
Softening of the kidneys.
neuromalacia:
Pathologic softening of nervous tissue.
onychomalacia:
Abnormal softness of the finger and/or toe nails.
ophthalmomalacia:
Abnormal softening of the eyeball.
osteomalacia, osteomalacic:
A disease characterized by a gradual softening and bending of the bones with varying severity of pain; softening occurs because the bones contain osteoid tissue which has failed to calcify due to lack of vitamin D or renal tubular dysfunction; more common in women than in men, osteomalacia often begins during pregnancy.
phacomalacia:
Softening of the lens, as may occur in hypermature cataract.
pneumomalacia:
Softening of the lung tissue.
scleromalacia:
Degenerative thinning of the sclera, occurring in persons with rheumatoid arthritis and other collagen disorders.
splenomalacia:
Softening of the spleen.
splenomyelomalacia:
Pathologic softening of the spleen and bone marrow.
spondylomalacia:
Softening of vertebrae with multiple collapsed vertebral bodies.
stomatomalacia:
Pathologic softening of any of the structures of the mouth.
tarsomalacia:
Softening of the tarsal cartilages of the eyelids.
tephromalacia:
Softening of the gray matter of the brain or spinal cord.
tephromalacia:
Softening of the gray matter of the brain or spinal cord.
tracheomalacia:
Degeneration of elastic and connective tissue of the trachea.
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