A pathological condition characterized by progressive softening and degeneration of brain tissue.
From Greek enkephalos (brain) + malakia (softening) + -osis (disease condition), creating a term for the ongoing disease process of brain tissue softening.
The -osis ending indicates a chronic disease process, so encephalomalacosis describes not just softened brain tissue, but the ongoing condition causing it—a more complete description than encephalomalacia alone.
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