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des⋅qua⋅mate

  [des-kwuh-meyt]
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–verb (used without object), -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing. Pathology.
to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
Origin:
1720–30; < L dēsquāmātus (ptp. of dēsquāmāre to remove scales from). See de-, squamate

Related forms:
des⋅qua⋅ma⋅tion, noun
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des·qua·mate   (děs'kwə-māt')   
intr.v.   des·qua·mat·ed, des·qua·mat·ing, des·qua·mates
To shed, peel, or come off in scales. Used of skin.

[Latin dēsquāmāre, dēsquāmāt- : dē-, de- + squāma, scale.]
des'qua·ma'tion n.
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Main Entry: des·qua·mate
Pronunciation: 'des-kw&-"mAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -mat·ed; -mat·ing
: to peel off in the form of scales : scale off <desquamated epithelial cells> —des·qua·ma·tion /"des-kw&-'mA-sh&n/ noun
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desquamate des·qua·mate (děs'kwə-māt')
v. des·qua·mat·ed, des·qua·mat·ing, des·qua·mates
To shed, peel, or come off in scales. Used of skin.

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