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exfoliation

[ eks-foh-lee-ey-shuhn ]

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noun

exfoliation

/ ĕks-fō′lē-ā′shən /

The process in which layers of tissue peel or are peeled off an organism, such as the distinctive ways in which bark peels off a tree in strips or flakes.

1670–80; New Latin exfoliātiōn- (stem of exfoliātiō ). See exfoliate, -ion

Without exfoliation and moisturizer, areas of rough or dry skin "grab darker," says Sinless Sun's Peterson.

Where unworn by contact with the ground, the horn of the sole is shed by a process of exfoliation.

The term exfoliation is sometimes employed to indicate the separation or throwing off of a superficial sequestrum.

This second efflorescence faded on the twenty-fourth day, and on the twenty-seventh exfoliation began.

This is very easy to do in the weak limbs of strumous patients, and may cause exfoliation, and greatly delay cure.

An exfoliation of the rock itself you would call the houses that seem to grow there—so identical is the colour and character.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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