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What does excoriation mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of excoriating or flaying.
  2. The excoriated place or the state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
  3. Severe verbal denouncing.
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The epidermis now becomes raised as in a blister, and finally becomes detached, forming an excoriation and exposing the papillae.
Most of Mr Cameron's big speech was the usual opposition hybrid of excoriation and optimism.
So the reports flow in on Media Watch's snide little excoriation, laboriously trying to exploit the name and fame of my late father.
Due to pruritus and excoriation, mosquito bites may result in secondary eczematization and impetiginisation.
Inspect perineal skin for excessive moisture, excoriation, redness, or irritation.
In two days more, the eschars were adherent, and there was no further appearance of excoriation.

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