exfoliation
English
Etymology
From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
exfoliation (countable and uncountable, plural exfoliations)
- The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
- The loss of leaves from a plant.
- (cosmetics) The removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
Translations
the removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation
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See also
- exfoliant
- foliate
- foliation
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
exfoliation f (plural exfoliations)
- exfoliation
Further reading
- “exfoliation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.