denudation

plural denudations

1. countableuncountableThe act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.

   The dance consisted of sexual exhibitionism, reeling and swaying as if in a state of intoxication, erotic bodily movements, and denudation.

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 68

   1. countableuncountablemedicineThe loss of the cellular covering of (the interior or exterior surface of an organ, etc.).

      Severe radiation poisoning results in the total denudation of the gastrointestinal tract.

2. countableuncountablegeographyThe laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.