Malacia, malaciæ, f. g. Cæsa. A caulme and quiet time on the sea, without tempest or winde.Malacia. Plin. A corrupt appetite by reason of humours gathered about the mouth of the stomacke, that is the affection of longing, especially in women.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mălăcĭa, ae, f., = malaki/a, a calm at sea, dead calm. I.Lit.: tanta subito malacia ac tranquillitas exstitit, ut se loco movere non possent, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3.—B.Trop.: in otio inconcusso jacere non est tranquillitas, malacia est, Sen. Ep. 67, 14.— II.Transf., a total want of appetite, nausea (post-Aug.): semen citreorum edendum praecipiunt in malacia praegnantibus, Plin. 23, 6, 56, 105; so id. 23, 6, 57, 107.— With stomachi: absinthium pellit malaciam stomachi, Plin. 27, 7, 28, 48.