Definitionn. the process whereby something is shed
Last update: June 28, 2015
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Sometimes the long life of the serpent and its habit of changing the skin suggested ideas of immortality and resurrection, and it is noteworthy that one Indian snake-festival occurs after or at the sloughing, when the sacred being is thus supposed to become purified.' [Please select]
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I looked round into the eyes of Ranjoor Singh, and felt my whole skin creep like a snake's at sloughing time. [Please select]
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In small, old, ventral hernias the method of compressing and sloughing off the skin has been used successfully. [Please select]
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But to be fair to him they were but the sloughing of a wound that would not heal. [Please select]
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They were sloughing their personal honor that minute, fraternizing with Turkish prisoners. [Please select]
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Second, by diffused inflammation of the areolar tissue, gangrene, and extensive sloughing. [Please select]
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It is generally followed by a great deal of sloughing and discharge, and pains are felt in the part periodically ever after. [Please select]
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The tissues with which the agent comes in contact are destroyed, sloughing and acute inflammation of the surrounding structures take place; intense pain in the abdomen and death ensue. [Please select]
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In the worst types of the disease gangrene may ensue, a quarter or half or even the whole udder, losing its vitality, and sloughing off if the cow can bear up against the depressing influence. [Please select]
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