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View synonyms for exfoliation

exfoliation

[ 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.

exfoliation

/ ĕks-fō′lē-ā′shən /

  1. 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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exfoliation1

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

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