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sloughing
Sloughing (noun) means a piece of skin or tissue that has come away from the body.
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1
A piece of skin or tissue that has come away from the body.
"As the zoogleal slime reenters the wastewater, excess solids and waste products are stripped off the media as sloughings. These sloughings are transported with the wastewater flow to a settling tank for removal."
— Frank Spellman, Revonna Bieber (2012)
2
The process of shedding an old skin or shell.
"If all sloughings were successfully recorded, which is not certain since rattle segments were not color-coded during this study, the interval between events averaged 246.1 days (1.5 sloughings per snake per year)."
— Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History: Volume 38 (1995)
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What is the meaning of sloughing?
"sloughing" (noun) means a piece of skin or tissue that has come away from the body.
What is another word for sloughing?
Other words for "sloughing" include shedding.
What are the different meanings of sloughing?
"sloughing" has 2 main meanings: 1. A piece of skin or tissue that has come away from the body; 2. The process of shedding an old skin or shell.
