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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 lesions are intensely pruritic, especially at night, which leads to marked excoriation.
When he presented for hemodialysis he had papular, pruritic lesions with excoriation of the lower extremities.
The epidermis now becomes raised as in a blister, and finally becomes detached, forming an excoriation and exposing the papillae.
He also advises the employment of Castile soap, and of glycerine soap, should there be any excoriation of the skin.
This stage should not be used to describe skin tears, tapeburns, perineal dermatitis, maceration, or excoriation.
So the reports flow in on Media Watch's snide little excoriation, laboriously trying to exploit the name and fame of my late father.

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