μάλαξις
From LSJ
τῶν δ᾿ ἄλλων τῶν νοσηματικῶν ἧττον μετέχουσιν αἱ γυναῖκες → apart from this one, women are less troubled by maladies
English (LSJ)
[μᾰ], εως, ἡ,
A softening, Thphr.HP5.3.3; διὰ πυρός Plu.2.436a; σιδήρου ib.c; μ. τῆς τροφῆς digestion, ib.700b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 89] ἡ, das Erweichen, Mildern, τοῦ σαρκός, Plut. de san. tuend. p. 392.