Exfoliation can refer to: *

Exfoliation (botany) Exfoliation (from the term "foliate", meaning “related to leaves”) means the removal or loss of leaves from a plant. It is used both to describe the loss of a leaves as a natural part of a plant's life cycle (such as in the case of decid ...

, the loss of leaves (or, in some cases, pieces of bark) from a plant *

Exfoliation (cosmetology) In cosmetology, exfoliation is the removal of the surface skin cells and built-up dirt from the skin's surface. The term comes from the Latin word ('to strip off leaves'). This is a regular practice within the cosmetic industry, both for its ...

, a cosmetic technique that aims to remove dead skin from the body and face *

Exfoliation (geology) Exfoliation joints or sheet joints are surface-parallel fracture systems in rock, often leading to the erosion of concentric slabs. General characteristics * Commonly follow topography. * Divide the rock into sub-planar slabs. * Joint spac ...

, a process resulting in parallel fractures in the surface of rock * Exfoliation corrosion (metallurgy), a severe type of intergranular corrosion *

Exfoliation (chemistry) Exfoliation is a process that separates layered materials into nanomaterials by breaking the bonds between layers using mechanical, chemical, or thermal procedures. While exfoliation has historical roots dating back centuries, significant advances ...

, the complete separation of the layers of a material *

Exfoliation syndrome Pseudoexfoliation syndrome, often abbreviated as PEX and sometimes as PES or PXS, is an aging-related systemic disease manifesting itself primarily in the eyes which is characterized by the accumulation of microscopic granular amyloid-like prote ...

, an eye disease

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