# Shedding

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**Shedding** may refer to:

- Shedding or [moulting](/source/Moult) of body parts
- [Desquamation](/source/Desquamation), pathologic or non-pathologic skin shedding
- [Sheddase](/source/Sheddase) and [Ectodomain shedding](/source/Proteases_in_angiogenesis#Ectodomain_shedding)
- [Shedding game](/source/Shedding_game), a family of card games where the objective is to get rid of one's hand first
- Natural hair loss in cats and [dogs](/source/Coat_(dog)#Shedding)
- [Viral shedding](/source/Viral_shedding) which is the release of [virus](/source/Virus) progeny following successful reproduction during a host-cell infection
- [Vaccine shedding](/source/Vaccine_shedding) an anti-vaccination myth about the release of infective virus following [vaccination](/source/Vaccination)
- [Woodshedding](/source/Woodshedding), practicing a difficult passage repeatedly until it can be performed flawlessly.

## See also

- [Sheading](/source/Sheading) a subdivision of the Isle of Man

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