Exfoliation
31Exfoliation — Ex|fo|li|a|ti|on die; <zu lat. exfoliare, vgl. ↑exfoliieren, u. ↑...ation> Abblätterung, allmähliche Abstoßung abgestorbener Gewebe u. Knochenteile (Med.) …
32exfoliation — The process by which concentric scales, plates, or shells of rock, from less than a centimeter to several meters in thickness, are successively spalled or stripped from the bare surface of a large rock mass. It often results in a rounded rock… …
33exfoliation — ex·fo·li·a·tion || eks‚fəʊlɪ eɪʃn n. shedding; peeling away (of skin, bark, etc.); removal of several layers of the epidermis …
34exfoliation — n. 1. (Min.) Separation in scales or laminae. 2. (Med.) Desquamation …
35exfoliation — n 1. scaling, flaking, molting, mewing, Pathol. desquamation; depilation, paring, husking, decortication. 2. integument, pellicle, skin, outerskin, shell, husk, coat …
36exfoliation — ex·fo·li·a·tion …
37exfoliation — n. 1) flaking off of the upper layers of the skin. 2) separation of a surface epithelium from the underlying tissue. 3) the natural shedding of primary teeth. Derivatives: exfoliative adj …
38exfoliation — /ɛksfoʊliˈeɪʃən/ (say eksfohlee ayshuhn) noun 1. the act or process of exfoliating. 2. the state of being exfoliated. 3. that which is exfoliated, or scaled off …
39exfoliation glaucoma — g. capsulare …
40exfoliation syndrome — degenerative alterations of anterior ocular tissues, first presenting as disturbances of pigmentary distribution in the iris, with partial atrophy of the iris pigmentary epithelium and deposition of liberated pigment granules on the lens capsule …
