decidence
noun/ˈdɛsɪdəns/
Etymology Latin decidens (“falling off”).
1
Archaic A falling off or falling out: shedding.
- decidence of wool
- decidence of teeth
2 more examples
- decidence of an animal's winter coat
- men, observing the decidence of their horns1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- Related terms
- deciduous