Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun exfoliation

2 senses of exfoliation

Sense 1
exfoliation -- (the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin; "exfoliation is increased by sunburn")
       => organic phenomenon -- ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Sense 2
scale, scurf, exfoliation -- (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)
       => bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap -- (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye")