malacia

1. (medicine, pathology) Abnormal softening of organs or tissues of the human body.Examples: "As soon, namely, as a process of this sort sets in in a compound organ, as for example, a muscle, a palpable myo-malacia is certainly produced when all the muscular elements at a given point are at once affected; but it happens far more frequently that, in the course of a muscle, only a comparatively small number of primitive fasciculi are affected, whilst the others remain almost intact."countableuncountable

2. (medicine, obsolete) An abnormal craving for certain types of food.Examples: "The least abnormal condition appears to be the malacia, or desire for highly spiced or acid foods that are sometimes seen in chlorotic girls and in pregnant women."countableobsoleteuncountable