DESQUAMATE


Meaning of DESQUAMATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdes-kwə-ˌmāt ]

intransitive verb

( -mat·ed ; -mat·ing )

Etymology: Latin desquamatus, past participle of desquamare to scale, from de- + squama scale

Date: 1828

: to peel off in scales

• des·qua·ma·tion ˌdes-kwə-ˈmā-shən noun

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