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crust
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crust (krust) a formed outer layer, especially of solid matter formed by drying of a bodily exudate or secretion.
milk crust  crusta lactea.

crust (krst)
n.
1. A hard, crisp covering or surface.
2. An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.
v.
To cover with, become covered with, or harden into a crust.

crust,
n a hard-coating surface layer composed of coagulated tissue fluid and blood products mixed with epithelial and inflammatory cells covering a lesion formed by the rupture of a bulla, vesicle, or pustule.

crust
a formed outer layer, especially an outer layer of solid matter formed by drying of a bodily exudate or secretion. It may be serocellular or hemorrhagic.

palisading crust
there are alternating layers of cellular debris and exudate; typical of fungal infections of the skin and dermatophilosis.
waxy crust
typical of exudative epidermitis.

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Our patient had a large area of mucosal ulceration as a result of repeated airflow trauma, crust formation, and digital trauma.
2000, Continental crust formation by crustal delamination in subduction zones and complementary accumulation of the enriched mantle I component in the mantle: Geochemistry, Geophysics Geosystems, v.
In the standard model for crust formation, low-density material floats to the surface of a young, molten planet like scum on a pond.
 
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