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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slough  \Slough\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sloughed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sloughing}.]  (Med.) 
  To  form  a  slough;  to  separate  in  the  form  of  dead  matter  from 
  the  living  tissues;  --  often  used  with  off  or  away  as  a 
  sloughing  ulcer;  the  dead  tissues  slough  off  slowly. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sloughing  \Slough"ing\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  act  of  casting  off  the  skin  or  shell,  as  do  insects  and 
  crustaceans;  ecdysis. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sloughing 
  n  :  the  process  whereby  something  is  shed  [syn:  {shedding}] 




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