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Aphthae :: Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush..

Sloughed :: Sloughed (imp. & p. p.) of Sloug.

Sloughy :: Sloughy (a.) Full of sloughs, miry..

Sphacelus :: Sphacelus (n.) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.

Slough :: Slough (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

Slough :: Slough (v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.

Slough :: Slough (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

Slough :: Slough (a.) Slow.

Eschar :: Eschar (n.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics..

Slough :: Slough (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal..

Welter :: Welter (n.) That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough..

Spoilable :: Spoil (n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal..

Slue :: Slue (n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..

Slough :: Slough () imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew..

Sloughy :: Sloughy (a.) Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh..

Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..

Sloughing :: Sloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sloug.

Sloughing :: Sloughing (n.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis..

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