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Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..

Sloughing :: Sloughing (n.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis..

Sloughed :: Sloughed (imp. & p. p.) of Sloug.

Slough :: Slough (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

Slough :: Slough (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal..

Sloughing :: Sloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sloug.

Slue :: Slue (n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2..

Slough :: Slough () imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew..

Slough :: Slough (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

Slough :: Slough (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly..

Slough :: Slough (v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.

Spoilable :: Spoil (n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal..

Slough :: Slough (a.) Slow.

Sloughy :: Sloughy (a.) Full of sloughs, miry..

Slough :: Slough (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..

Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..

Sphacelus :: Sphacelus (n.) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.

Sloughy :: Sloughy (a.) Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh..

Eschar :: Eschar (n.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics..

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