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SLOUGH

Definition:

1. [noun] necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
   Synonyms: gangrene, sphacelus
   
   
2. [noun] a hollow filled with mud
   
   
3. [noun] a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
   
   
4. [noun] any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
   
   
5. [verb] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring"
   Synonyms: shed, molt, exuviate, moult
   
   

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Related Words:

• desquamate, peel off
• dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification
• gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis

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