medicine vs slough off

medicine is a noun but slough off is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No
slough off	No	No	Yes	No

medicine (noun)	slough off (noun)
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
punishment for one's actions
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

medicine (verb)	slough off (verb)
treat medicinally, treat with medicine	separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion
	discard as undesirable