ex-foliation

[eks-foh-lee-ey-shuhn]

ex·fo·li·a·tion

[eks-foh-lee-ey-shuhn]
noun
1.
the act, state, or process of exfoliating.
2.
the state of being exfoliated.
3.
something that is exfoliated or scaled off.

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