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单词 exfoliation
释义

exfoliate /eks-fōˈli-āt/

transitive verb
  1. To cause (skin, bark, rocks, etc) to be shed or come apart in flakes or layers
  2. To remove in flakes, etc
  3. To scrub (part of the body) with a gritty substance to remove dead skin
intransitive verb
  1. To come off in flakes
  2. To separate into layers
ORIGIN: L exfoliāre, -ātum to strip of leaves, from ex from, and folium a leaf

exfōˈliant noun

A cosmetic preparation for removing dead layers of skin

exfoliāˈtion noun

exfōˈliative adjective

exfōˈliātor noun

An exfoliating agent

exfoliative cytology noun (biology)

The study of cells shed from a tissue for diagnostic purposes

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