ramollissement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ramollissement.

Noun

ramollissement

A morbid softening of some organ or tissue of the body.

French

Etymology

From ramollir, ramolliss- +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁa.mɔ.lis.mɑ̃/
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Noun

ramollissement m (usually uncountable, plural ramollissements)

softening

Further reading

“ramollissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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