Akademik

exfoliation

noun

1. the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin

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exfoliation is increased by sunburn

• Derivationally related forms: ↑exfoliate

• Hypernyms: ↑organic phenomenon

2. a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

• Syn: ↑scale, ↑scurf

• Derivationally related forms: ↑exfoliate

• Hypernyms: ↑bit, ↑chip, ↑flake, ↑fleck, ↑scrap

• Hyponyms: ↑dander, ↑dandruff

Useful english dictionary. 2012.