DESQUAMATE


Meaning of DESQUAMATE in English

— desquamation , n.

/des"kweuh mayt'/ , v.i. , desquamated, desquamating . Pathol.

to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.

[ 1720-30; desquamatus (ptp. of desquamare to remove scales from). See DE-, SQUAMATE ]

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