1. 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, a method of extraction Skin maceration, in dermatology, the softening and whitening of skin that is kept constantly wet Maceration, in poultry farming, a method of chick culling from wikipedia.org