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Desquamate   Listen
verb
Desquamate  v. i.  (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Desquamate" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the skin. The inflammation spreads rapidly, and there is formation of blebs with much itching. There is often great constitutional disturbance, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and pains in the abdomen. The effects may last a week, and the skin may desquamate. ...
— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson



Words linked to "Desquamate" :   peel off, exuviate, slough, shed, desquamation, molt



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