slough skin definition
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Sloughing For other uses, see Sloughing (disambiguation). Sloughing (pronounced sluffing) in biology refers to the act of shedding or casting off dead tissue, such as cells of the endometrium, shed during menstruation, or the shedding of skin in amphibians. Skin sloughing is the process of shedding dead surface cells from the skin.
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shed 1 to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin Synonyms exfoliate, molt, slip, slough (also sluff) Related Words flake, peel, scale; chuck, discard, ditch, fling (off or away), jettison, junk, scrap, shuck (off), throw away, throw out, unload ...
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slough 1. a mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue. 2. to shed or cast off. anesthetic slough. the iatrogenic slough caused by the injection of a necrotizing anesthetic solution subcutaneously in mistake for an intravenous injection. The common sites are over the anterior aspect of the forearm in small animals and over the jugular furrow in large animals.
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- Definition of SLOUGH. 1. a: to become shed or cast off b: to cast off one's skin c: to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue. 2. : to crumble slowly and fall away.transitive verb. 1. : to cast off. 2.efinition of SLOUGH. 1. a: to become shed or cast off b: to cast off one's skin c: to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue. 2. : to crumble slowly and fall away.
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systemic lupus erythematosus systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) a chronic inflammatory disease, usually febrile and characterized by injury to the skin, joints, kidneys, nervous system, and mucous membranes. It can, however, affect any organ of the body and usually has periods of remissions and exacerbations.ystemic lupus erythematosus (also called lupus or SLE) is a disease where a person's immune system attacks and injures the body's own organs and tissues.
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slough Medical humour. noun A deprecating term for a patient that a doctor, ward or hospital tries to pass off on another doctor, ward or hospital without appropriate indications. Wound care. noun Dead skin or tissue that has fallen off of decubital ulcers or other parts of the patient’s body.
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skin dimpling definition, skin dimpling meaning | English dictionary skin dimpling definition, skin dimpling meaning | English dictionary. skin. a the tissue forming the outer covering of the vertebrate body: it consists of two layers (see dermis, epidermis), the outermost of which may be covered with hair, scales, feathers, etc. 5 unsplit leather made from the outer covering of various mammals, reptiles, etc.
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- flesh wound image by Allyson Ricketts from Fotolia.com. In the context of wounds, slough is dead skin tissue that may have a yellow or white appearance. It is important to remove this tissue to prevent infection and promote healing.lesh wound image by Allyson Ricketts from Fotolia.com. In the context of wounds, slough is dead skin tissue that may have a yellow or white appearance. It is important to remove this tissue to prevent infection and promote healing.
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Slough Slough (/ˈslaʊ/) is a large town in Berkshire, England, 21 miles (34 km) west of London, 3 miles (5 km) north of Windsor, 6 miles (10 km) east of Maidenhead, 12 miles (19 km) south-east of High Wycombe and 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Reading.
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- Slough (adj) slow. Slough (noun) a place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. Slough (noun) a wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. Slough. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Slough (noun) the skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal. Slough (noun) the dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification. Slough (verb)
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- skin dimpling definition, skin dimpling meaning | English dictionary. Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. skin. n. 1. a the tissue forming the outer covering of the vertebrate body: it consists of two layers (see dermis, epidermis), the outermost of which may be covered with hair, scales, feathers, etc.
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Skin Diseases Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Wikipedia. Skin Diseases. a group of human and animal diseases of varying etiologies characterized by pathological changes in the skin and its appendages (nails and hair) and in the visible mucous membranes.
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slough off Verb. 1. slough off-discard as undesirable; the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers. get rid of, remove-dispose of; Get rid of these old shoes!; The company got rid of all the dead wood.
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Slough Slough, town and unitary authority, geographic county of Berkshire, southeastern England. Most of the unitary authority lies within the historic county of Buckinghamshire, but it also includes Poyle, part of the historic county of Middlesex.
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skin To bruise, cut, or injure the skin or surface of: She skinned her knee. 3. To remove (an outer covering); peel off: skin off the thin bark. 4. To cover with a skin or a similar layer: skin the framework of a canoe.
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slough 1 an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region. 2. a hole full of mire, as in a road.
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slough The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer. This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.
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- Dry scaly skin can be differentiated from flaky skin in that flaky skin is a shedding of thin, delicate pieces of dead, dried skin, which are so thin that they appear white and almost like a fine dusting of snow. In contrast, scales are thickened, raised areas that are rough and firm to the touch.
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systemic lupus erythematosus Systemic lupus erythematosus (also called lupus or SLE) is a disease where a person's immune system attacks and injures the body's own organs and tissues.Almost every system of the body can be affected by SLE.ystemic lupus erythematosus (also called lupus or SLE) is a disease where a person's immune system attacks and injures the body's own organs and tissues.
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- slough off something. to ignore something or behave as if it was unimportant Politicians sloughed off public anger over the hospital cutbacks until several newspapers ran articles about it. He wrecked the car and then tried to slough it off like it was nothing.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus Systemic lupus erythematosus, often abbreviated as SLE or lupus, is a systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease) in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue.oting that many people with lupus had a disease that not only affected the skin but many other organs in the body as well, Osler added the word systemic to the term lupus erythematosus to distinguish this type of disease from discoid lupus erythematosus.
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slough 1. (Biology) any outer covering that is shed, such as the dead outer layer of the skin of a snake, the cellular debris in a wound, etc. 2. (Bridge) bridge Also: sluff a discarded card. vb. 3. (Biology) (often foll by off) to shed (a skin, etc) or (of a skin, etc) to be shed.
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slough 1 an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region. 2. a hole full of mire, as in a road. 3. Also, slew, slue. Northern U.S. and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or the like. 4. a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness.
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- What is skin scraping? A skin scraping is a basic dermatological procedure. It is performed using a blade, a glass slide, and mineral oil. The skin is scraped either superficially or deep to search for mites (parasites) that live on the skin surface or hair follicle, respectively. This procedure is not intended to cut the skin, but rather scrape the skin.
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Sloughing Skin sloughing is the process of shedding dead surface cells from the skin. In veterinary medicine, it may refer to the process where necrotic surface epithelial cells are discarded from the small intestinal mucosa following various infections which may occur within both monogastrics or ruminants.