exfoliation

From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves).

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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exfoliation (countable and uncountable, plural exfoliations)

1. The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
3. (cosmetics) The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
4. (possible misuse) The loss of leaves from a plant.

• exfoliant
• foliate
• foliation

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exfoliation f (plural exfoliations)

1. exfoliation

• “exfoliation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.