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des·qua·mate

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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 désquāmātus (ptp. of désquāmāre to remove scales from). See de-, squamate

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des·qua·ma·tion, noun

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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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desquamation
noun
loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

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Desquamation

Des`qua*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. desquamation.] (Med.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

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