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Webster 1913 Edition


Exfoliation

Ex-foˊli-a′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
exfoliation
.]
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exfoliation

EXFOLIA'TION

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Noun.
The scaling of a bone; the process of separating, as pieces of unsound bone from the sound part; desquamation.