"exfoliation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exfoliation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exfoliations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|exfoliare}} Latin exfoliare Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exfoliation (countable and uncountable, plural exfoliations)
  1. The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-exfoliation-en-noun-D76Uekga Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 8 12 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 63 16 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 4 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 86 5 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 80 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 85 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 71 9 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 84 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 86 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 4 9
  2. (cosmetics) The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation. Wikidata QID: Q1124872 Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation): exfoliació [feminine] (Catalan), 去角質 /去角质 (qùjiǎozhì, qùjiǎozhí) (Chinese Mandarin), exfoliation [feminine] (French), peeling [masculine] (French), Peeling [neuter] (German), esfoliazione [feminine] (Italian), peeling [masculine] (Polish), abrazja [feminine] (Polish), esfoliação [feminine] (Portuguese), пи́линг (píling) [masculine] (Russian), эксфолиа́ция (eksfoliácija) [feminine, formal] (Russian), exfoliación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-exfoliation-en-noun-en:Q1124872 Categories (other): Cosmetics Topics: cosmetics, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'the removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation': 1 99 1
  3. (possible misuse) The loss of leaves from a plant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-exfoliation-en-noun-gIfHcwCE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chemexfoliation, microexfoliation, overexfoliation, pseudoexfoliation Related terms: exfoliant, foliate, foliation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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