denudation

English

Etymology

From Middle French dénudation, from Latin denudatio.

Pronunciation

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    Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

denudation (countable and uncountable, plural denudations)

  1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 68:
      The dance consisted of sexual exhibitionism, reeling and swaying as if in a state of intoxication, erotic bodily movements, and denudation.
    1. (medicine) The loss of the cellular covering of (the interior or exterior surface of an organ, etc.).
      Severe radiation poisoning results in the total denudation of the gastrointestinal tract.
  2. (geology) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.

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