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desquamateenUK
des·qua·mate D0164800 (dĕs′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 (ˈdɛskwəˌmeɪt) vb (Pathology) (intr) (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales[C18: from Latin dēsquāmāre to scale off, from de- + squāma a scale] ˌdesquaˈmation ndes•qua•mate (ˈdɛs kwəˌmeɪt)
v.i. -mat•ed, -mat•ing. to peel off in scales. [1720–30; < Latin dēsquāmātus, past participle of dēsquāmāre to remove scales from. See de-, squamate] des`qua•ma′tion, n. desquamate
Past participle: desquamated
Gerund: desquamating
| Imperative |
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| desquamate | | desquamate |
| Present |
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| I desquamate | | you desquamate | | he/she/it desquamates | | we desquamate | | you desquamate | | they desquamate |
| Preterite |
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| I desquamated | | you desquamated | | he/she/it desquamated | | we desquamated | | you desquamated | | they desquamated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am desquamating | | you are desquamating | | he/she/it is desquamating | | we are desquamating | | you are desquamating | | they are desquamating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have desquamated | | you have desquamated | | he/she/it has desquamated | | we have desquamated | | you have desquamated | | they have desquamated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was desquamating | | you were desquamating | | he/she/it was desquamating | | we were desquamating | | you were desquamating | | they were desquamating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had desquamated | | you had desquamated | | he/she/it had desquamated | | we had desquamated | | you had desquamated | | they had desquamated |
| Future |
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| I will desquamate | | you will desquamate | | he/she/it will desquamate | | we will desquamate | | you will desquamate | | they will desquamate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have desquamated | | you will have desquamated | | he/she/it will have desquamated | | we will have desquamated | | you will have desquamated | | they will have desquamated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be desquamating | | you will be desquamating | | he/she/it will be desquamating | | we will be desquamating | | you will be desquamating | | they will be desquamating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been desquamating | | you have been desquamating | | he/she/it has been desquamating | | we have been desquamating | | you have been desquamating | | they have been desquamating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been desquamating | | you will have been desquamating | | he/she/it will have been desquamating | | we will have been desquamating | | you will have been desquamating | | they will have been desquamating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been desquamating | | you had been desquamating | | he/she/it had been desquamating | | we had been desquamating | | you had been desquamating | | they had been desquamating |
| Conditional |
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| I would desquamate | | you would desquamate | | he/she/it would desquamate | | we would desquamate | | you would desquamate | | they would desquamate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have desquamated | | you would have desquamated | | he/she/it would have desquamated | | we would have desquamated | | you would have desquamated | | they would have desquamated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | desquamate - peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates"peel offexuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
EncyclopediaSeedesquamationdesquamateenUK
des·qua·mate (des'kwă-māt), To shred, peel, or scale off, as the casting off of the epidermis in scales or shreds, or the shedding of the outer layer of any surface. [L. desquamo, pp. -atus, to scale off, fr. squama, a scale] desquamate (dĕs′kwə-māt′)intr.v. desqua·mated, desqua·mating, desqua·mates To shed, peel, or come off in scales. Used of skin.
des′qua·ma′tion n.desquamate (dĕs′kwă-māt) [L. desquamare, to remove scales] To shed or scale off the surface epithelium. desquamateenUK
Synonyms for desquamateverb peel off in scalesSynonymsRelated Words- exuviate
- molt
- moult
- slough
- shed
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