slough

slough (sluf)

1. necrotic tissue in the process of separating from viable portions of the body.

2. to shed or cast off.

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slough (slf)

n.

A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, a sore, or an inflammation.

v.

To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.

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slough

[sluf]

Etymology: ME, sluh, husk

1  v, to shed or cast off dead tissue, such as cells of the endometrium, shed during menstruation.

2  n, the tissue that has been shed.

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slough (sluf),

n 1. the dead tissue that has been shed or discarded.
v 2. to remove dead tissue.

Slough.

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slough

1. a mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue.

2. to shed or cast off.

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anesthetic slough

the iatrogenic slough caused by the injection of a necrotizing anesthetic solution subcutaneously in mistake for an intravenous injection. The common sites are over the anterior aspect of the forearm in small animals and over the jugular furrow in large animals.

epidermal slough

occurs in captive cetaceans when the salinity of the pool water is insufficient.