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desquamate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb desquamate has 1 sense
- desquamate(v = verb.body) peel off - peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates" is one way to exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough
Derived form noun desquamation1
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
desquamate, v.intr. Med. (esp. of the skin) come off in scales (as in some diseases).
Derivative
desquamation n. desquamative adj. desquamatory adj.
Etymology
L desquamare (as DE-, squama scale)
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