desquamate
verb (used without object)
to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
desquamation
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a word derived from
desquamate.
Example Sentences
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It takes the average skin cell 28 days to cycle from creation to desquamation.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2022
The dead skin cells there should shed in a process called desquamation, but it is slowed by a number of factors: hormone fluctuations, sun exposure, vitamin deficiencies and aging.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2018
The desquamation when present is finer than in either measles or scarlet fever.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
In chronic inflammation of the rectum and colon there is more or less discharge of mucous, and in some cases of membranous, desquamation, with yellow or bloody mucus.
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison
In due time these subsided, and desquamation occurred.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
