exfoliation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin
    • exfoliation is increased by sunburn
  2. noun a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
    scurf; scale.

WordNet

Ex*fo`li*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. exfoliation.
Definitions
  1. The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Webster 1913