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exfoliate

[eks-foh-lee-eyt]

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verb (used with object)

to throw off in scales, splinters, etc.

to remove the surface of (a bone, the skin, etc.) in scales or laminae.

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verb (used without object)

to throw off scales or flakes; peel off in thin fragments: The bark of some trees exfoliates.

Geology.

to split or swell into a scaly aggregate, as certain minerals when heated.

to separate into rudely concentric layers or sheets, as certain rocks during weathering.

Medicine/Medical. to separate and come off in scales, as scaling skin or any structure separating in flakes.

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seepage of water into soil or rock

central portion of the earth believed to be composed mainly of iron and nickel in a molten state

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Origin:
1605–15; < Late Latin exfoliātus past participle of exfoliāre to strip off leaves. See ex-¹, foliate

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ex·fo·li·a·tive

[eks-foh-lee-ey-tiv, -uh-tiv] , adjective

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exfoliate (ɛksˈfəʊlɪˌeɪt)

—vb
1.	(tr) to wash (a part of the body) with a granular cosmetic preparation in order to remove dead cells from the skin's surface
2.	(of bark, skin, etc) to peel off in (layers, flakes, or scales)
3.	(intr) (of rocks or minerals) to shed the thin outermost layer because of weathering or heating
4.	(of some minerals, esp mica) to split or cause to split into thin flakes: a factory to exfoliate vermiculite

[C17: from Late Latin exfoliāre to strip off leaves, from Latin folium leaf]

exfoli'ation

—n

ex'foliative

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

exfoliate

1610s, from L.L. exfoliare "to strip of leaves," from ex- "off" + folium "leaf" (see folio). Related: Exfoliating; exfoliation.

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