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English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial...

romanized: eskhara; Latin: eschara) is a slough or piece of dead tissue that is cast off from the surface of the skin, particularly after a burn injury, but...

India. Retrieved 2 April 2020. "Kaanchli Life In A Slough Movie Review: Low on content, high on skin show", The Times of India, retrieved 2 April 2020...

referred to Pyrrhus, appearing in shining armour 'like a snake which has sloughed its skin, reaching upwards with an effort towards the sun'; the motto was chosen...

eventually reach the corneum and slough off (desquamation). This process is called "keratinization". This keratinized layer of skin is responsible for keeping...

pressure sores, bed sores or pressure injuries, are localised damage to the skin and/or underlying tissue that usually occur over a bony prominence as a result...

Exfoliants are products that help slough off dead skin cells from the topmost layer of the skin to improve the appearance of the skin. This is achieved either...

frosts his slough...". Isidore of Seville wrote in the 7th century AD in his Etymologiae Book 12, 4:19, that "The scitalis (scytale) has a skin that shines...

life, death and rebirth; the snake's skin-sloughing symbolises the transmigration of souls. The snake biting its own tail is a fertility symbol in some...

in many creams and gels used to treat acne (acne vulgaris), induce skin to slough off more easily, helping to remove bacteria faster. Before application...

This causes blisters that slough off and turn into sores. In some cases, these blisters can cover a large area of the skin. Originally, the cause of this...

subsequent lesions. SCC of the skin begins as a small nodule and as it enlarges the center becomes necrotic and sloughs and the nodule turns into an ulcer...

The Snake's Skin (Das Schlangenhemd) (also referred as The Snake's Slough) is a novel by prominent Georgian writer Grigol Robakidze. It was written and...

deep scars. The damaged tissue will become gangrenous black and eventually slough away. Initially there may be no pain from a bite, but over time the wound...

agent, Mark Slough, announced that Skinner had decided to retire on August 18. After getting cut by the Giants, his only NFL opportunity, Skinner became a...

carbonate and chitin. Whale barnacles may live for up to a year, and often slough off along migration routes or at whale calving grounds. Because of this...

A wound is any disruption of or damage to living tissue, such as skin, mucous membranes, or organs. Wounds can either be the sudden result of direct trauma...

symbolises rebirth and renewal as derived from the act of a snake sloughing its skin. In keeping with presbyterian beliefs and practices the monument does...

abnormal cycle of inflammation, oil production, and inadequate sloughing of dead skin cells from acne pores. Infection with the parasitic mite Demodex...

or [uːɣ]).[citation needed] Slough has three pronunciations, depending on its meaning: /slʌf/ (for the noun meaning a skin shed by an animal, and for the...