Usually means: Kneading process in olive oil extraction.
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  1. malaxation: Merriam-Webster
  2. malaxation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. malaxation: Wordnik
  4. malaxation: Wiktionary
  5. Malaxation, malaxation: Dictionary.com
  6. Malaxation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Malaxation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. malaxation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Malaxation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. malaxation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. malaxation: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Malaxation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  3. malaxation: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (malaxation)

noun:  The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
noun:  (entomology) A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare captured prey as food for their larvae.
noun:  (agriculture) The process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil to aggregate for more effective separation.
noun:  In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm.
noun:  (pharmacology) The kneading and squeezing of ingredients into a mass for making pills and plasters.

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