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Exfoliation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXFOLIA'TION, n. The scaling of a bone; the process of separating, as pieces of unsound bone from the sound part; desquamation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin; "exfoliation is increased by sunburn"
2: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin [syn: scale, scurf, exfoliation]

Merriam Webster's

noun see exfoliate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exfoliation Ex*fo`li*a"tion, n. [Cf. F. exfoliation.] The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. (Min.) Separation in scales or laminae. 2. (Med.) Desquamation.