[des-kwuh-meyt] 
| to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off. |
| 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. |
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.
desquamation des·qua·ma·tion (děs'kwə-mā'shən)
n.
The shedding or peeling of the epidermis in scales.
The shedding of the outer layer of a surface.
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