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