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Rachel Handler, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2021
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Noun
Her characters often struggle with a stomach-turning skin condition: a full-body rash, flesh peeling back from the bone, total bodily exuviation.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2021
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“Exuviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exuviation. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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exuviation
noun
ex·u·vi·a·tion
-ˌzü-vē-ˈā-shən 
: the process of producing exuviae
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