Exfoliation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exfoliation \Ex*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. exfoliation.]
     The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the
     state of being exfoliated.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  exfoliation
       n 1: the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin;
            "exfoliation is increased by sunburn"
       2: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the
          skin [syn: {scale}, {scurf}]