Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation.

    Peeling

    пи́лингpíling, эксфолиа́цияeksfoliácija

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

  3. (countable, uncountable)The loss of leaves from a plant.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Benedito's spa has a body exfoliation treatment.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation:

Origin

From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves).

From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves).

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Forms

plural: exfoliations
Singularexfoliation
Pluralexfoliations

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin:scalescurf

Word family

8 related words

See also

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