desquamation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), from squāma (“scale”).
Noun[edit]
desquamation (countable and uncountable, plural desquamations)
- (medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
- After the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “desquamation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “desquamation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
desquamation f (plural desquamations)
Further reading[edit]
- “desquamation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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