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desquamation

Variant of desquamate

intransitive verb desquamated, desquamating

to fall off in scales; peel off: said esp. of the top layer of skin or mucous membrane

Origin: < L desquamatus, pp. of desquamare, to scale off < de-, off + squama, a scale, squama

Related Forms:

desquamation noun

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