Definitionn. the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin
Last update: October 18, 2015
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For the chronic form of industrial poisoning in the manufacture of lucifer matches - a form of necrosis, known in England as " phossy jaw " and in France as " mal chimique," a localized inflammatory infection of the periosteum, ending with the death and exfoliation of part of the bone - see Match. [Please select]
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Some box turtles were observed to have several scutes of the carapace in the process of exfoliation but no exfoliation was observed on the plastron. [Please select]
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Exfoliation ordinarily occurred on the scutes of the carapace that were the least worn; the exfoliating portion included the areola and the three or four oldest (first formed) layers of the scute. [Please select]
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Retention of epidermal laminae (as opposed to regular exfoliation of the older parts of scutes) occurs in all box turtles, in several other groups of terrestrial emyids, and in testudinids. [Please select]
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An exfoliation of the rock itself you would call the houses that seem to grow there--so identical is the colour and character. [Please select]
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