Medical Dictionary

shed

vt \ˈshed\
shedshed·ding

Medical Definition of SHED

:  to give off or out: as a :  to lose as part of a natural process <shed the deciduous teeth> b :  to discharge usually gradually from the body <exposed persons may shed virus from the oropharynx—D. R. Franz et al>

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