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verbcast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
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nounnecrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or masstype of:
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nouna hollow filled with mud
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nounany outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)type of:
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nouna stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
Definition that contains slough
- smallpox a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
- variola a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
- mifepristone an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo
- abortion pill an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo
- ru 486 an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo
- corneum the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off
- stratum corneum the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off
- horny layer the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off
- variola major a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars