sloughing

  • 11Slough — 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 …

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  • 12Sloughed — 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 …

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  • 13ecdysis — Desquamation, sloughing, or molting as a necessary phenomenon to permit growth in arthropods and skin renewal in amphibians and reptiles. [G. ekdysis, shedding] * * * ec·dy·sis ek də səs n, pl ec·dy·ses də .sēz the act of molting or shedding an… …

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  • 14phagedena — Obsolete term for an ulcer that rapidly spreads peripherally, destroying the tissues as it increases in size. [G. phagedaina, a canker] p. gangrenosa severe gangrene with sloughing. p. nosocomialis gangrene arising in a hospital from cross… …

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  • 15Moulting — Cicada molting In biology, moulting or molting[1] (both pronounced /ˈmoʊltɪŋ/), also known as sloughing, shedding, or for some species, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinel …

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  • 16tropical ulcer — n a chronic sloughing sore of unknown cause occurring usu. on the legs and prevalent in wet tropical regions * * * a skin disease prevalent in wet tropical regions. A large open sloughing sore usually develops at the site of a wound or abrasion.… …

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  • 17вынос песка из пласта в скважину — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN sloughing of rocksloughing of sand …

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  • 18shedding — noun 1. the process whereby something is shed • Syn: ↑sloughing • Derivationally related forms: ↑slough (for: ↑sloughing), ↑shed • Hypernyms: ↑or …

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  • 19anthrax — Carbuncle Car bun*cle, n. [L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See {Carbon}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Min.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of… …

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  • 20Black canker — Canker Can ker (k[a^][ng] k[ e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ? gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See …

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