Slough

What Is Bank Sloughing?

Vertical collapse is called slumping or sloughing. The face of the bank slides or rotates away, often leaving a concave scar or scarp in the bank and a clump of sediment at the base. Sometimes the slump takes trees and vegetation with it. What is sloughing in excavation? Soil sloughing is soil falling off banks …

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What Is Medical Slough?

(slŭf) n. 1. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation. Does Slough mean a wound is healing? Slough is considered the by-product of the inflammatory phase of wound healing. An essential component of wound bed preparation is the removal of slough from …

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