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slough::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slough

/slaʊ/

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

Type	Words
Synonyms	exuviate, molt, moult, shed
Type of	throw off, cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away
Has types	peel off, desquamate
Derivation	sloughing

slough::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slough

/slaʊ/

necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

Type	Words
Synonyms	gangrene, sphacelus
Type of	pathology
Has types	cold gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, gas gangrene, gas phlegmon, mumification necrosis, mummification, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, progressive emphysematous necrosis, dry gangrene

slough::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slough

/slaʊ/

a hollow filled with mud

Type	Words
Type of	bog, peat bog
Derivation	sloughy

slough::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slough

/slaʊ/

any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

Type	Words
Type of	covering, cover, natural covering

slough::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slough

/slaʊ/

a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

Type	Words
Type of	swamp, swampland