exfoliation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
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 dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
Translations edit
the removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation
See also edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
exfoliation f (plural exfoliations)
Further reading edit
- “exfoliation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.