Abnormal softening of brain tissue, usually caused by disease, infection, trauma, or inadequate blood flow to the brain.
From Latin cerebrum (brain) + Greek malakia (softness or softening). This compound describes the pathological process of healthy brain tissue becoming abnormally soft.
Cerebromalacia often results from stroke, where dead brain tissue literally turns mushy as cells die and are cleaned away by immune cells—it's why brain scans show dark holes where functioning tissue used to be.
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