As the zoogleal slime reenters the wastewater, excess solids and waste products are stripped off the media as sloughings. These sloughings are transported with the wastewater flow to a settling tank for removal.
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Sloughing
Synonyms for "sloughing" (16 found)
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12 entriesbehavioral changebiological processcultural shiftdesquamationgrowth processmedical termmetaphororganic processprocessskin sheddingtissue removalwound term
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15 entriesdead tissuedebridementepidermal sloughingmolt cyclenecrotic sloughingnecrotic tissueskin sheddingslough formationslough layerslough tissuesloughagesloughing skinsloughing tissuetissue detachmentwound sloughing
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If all sloughings were successfully recorded, which is not certain since rattle segments were not color-coded during this study, the interval between events averaged 246.1 days (1.5 sloughings per snake per year).
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