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decrustations

decrustations is the plural of decrustation.

Meaning of decrustation

Noun

decrustation (usually uncountable, plural decrustations)

  1. (usually) The removal of a crust (various senses).
    • Decrustation occurs quickest in varicella, slower in variola modificata, and slowest in variola vera. Or, in other words, the greater the amount of eruption the slower the decrustation, and the reverse.1860 January 5, B. Joy Jeffries, “Report of Prof. Ferdinand Hebra's Lectures on Variola”, in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 61, number 23, →OCLC, page 455

Questions about decrustations

What is decrustations the plural of?
Decrustations is the plural of decrustation.

Words near decrustations in the dictionary

  1. decrunchers
  2. decrunches
  3. decrunching
  4. decrust
  5. decrustation
  6. decrustations
  7. decrusted
  8. decrusting
  9. decrusts
  10. decry
  11. decryed

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