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Definition of Sloughing
1. Noun. The process whereby something is shed.
Specialized synonyms: Abscission, Ecdysis, Molt, Molting, Moult, Moulting
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Derivative terms: Shed, Slough
Definition of Sloughing
1. n. The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
Definition of Sloughing
1. Verb. (present participle of slough) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sloughing
1. slough [v] - See also: slough
Medical Definition of Sloughing
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloughing
Literary usage of Sloughing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1903)
"They are found principally in jungle lands, less frequently in towns and well-settled
districts. Whether tropical sloughing ..."
2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1862)
"It thus appears that in 103 rectangular operations, sloughing occurred ...
In 80 amputations, not rectangular, sloughing is recorded in 6, as follows :— 8. ..."
3. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"Bleeding is apt to take place at times during the progress of the sloughing of
the tendon, and if recurrent, such a complication is likely to induce the ..."
4. The Practice of surgery by James Miller (1857)
"... the sloughing Ulcer, and the sloughing ... the sloughing sore, and the sloughing
... sloughing ..."
5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1862)
"Leg, traumatic, considerable sloughing. 7. Leg, pathological, sloughing of
considerable portion. In 86 amputations, not rectangular, sloughing is recorded ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1838)
"sloughing from Vaccination-—Danger from numerous Punctures. ... Esq., says that
he has seen four infants destroyed by sloughing produced by vaccination. ..."
7. Horses & Stables by Frederic Wellington Fitzwygram (1911)
"Definition of Ulceration and sloughing. Ulceration is that process of nature by
... sloughing is the final throwing off of dead tissue from the surrounding ..."
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