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‖ mollities|mɒˈlɪʃɪiːz|
Also 7 mollicies.
[L. mollitiēs, f. molli-s soft.]
†a. fig. Effeminacy (obs.).
b. Med. Softening, softness. mollities cerebri, softening of the brain (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1891); mollities ossium, softening of the bones.
1604Jas. I Counterbl. (Arb.) 110 Mollicies and delicacie were the wracke and ouerthrow..of the Romane Empire. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 437/1 The phenomena of mollities..and..other morbid actions. 1876J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. (1878) 923 Mollities ossium is characterised anatomically by progressive softening of the bones. |