desquamate
verb
des·qua·mate ˈde-skwə-ˌmāt 
desquamated; desquamating
intransitive verb
: to peel off in scales
desquamation
ˌde-skwə-ˈmā-shən
noun 
Word History
Etymology
Latin desquamatus, past participle of desquamare to scale, from de- + squama scale
First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
desquamate
intransitive verb
des·qua·mate ˈdes-kwə-ˌmāt
desquamated; desquamating
: to peel off in the form of scales : scale off
desquamated epithelial cells
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