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sloughing
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slough \Slough\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sloughed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloughing .] (Med.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sloughing (pronounced "sluffing") in biology refers to the act of shedding or casting off dead tissue, such as cells of the endometrium , shed during menstruation , or the shedding of skin in amphibians . Skin sloughing is the process of shedding dead surface ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process whereby something is shed [syn: shedding ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Something sloughed off. 2 (context zoology English) The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis. vb. (present participle of slough English)
Usage examples of sloughing.
It was a good two hours of methodical sloughing ahead before he came in sight of the sentinel pine Art had told him about.
The blackened flesh was sloughing away from bones that looked less human than the People had seemed in life.
Though he was on the verge of extinction, he had boundless capacity for malice in him and, with the Pivot's sloughings still fixed in his flesh, the power to do harm.
To go on, into the place of sloughings and furies and abandonments that lay ahead, he would need to look to his instincts, and hope they were sharp enough to protect him.