Maceration
Maceration  may refer to:

Maceration (food), in food preparation
Maceration (wine), a step in wine-making
Carbonic maceration, a wine-making technique
Maceration (sewage), in sewage treatment
Maceration (bone), a method of preparing bones
Acid maceration, the use of an acid to extract micro-fossils from rock
Maceration, in chemistry, the preparation of an extract by solvent extraction
Maceration, in biology, the mechanical breakdown of ingested food into chyme
Skin maceration, in dermatology, the softening and whitening of skin that is kept constantly wet
Maceration, in poultry farming, a method of chick culling