"desquamation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: desquamations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), from squāma (“scale”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|desquamare||to scrape the scales off a fish}} Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), {{m|la|squama|squāma|scale}} squāma (“scale”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} desquamation (countable and uncountable, plural desquamations)
  1. (medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: branny desquamation Related terms: squama

Inflected forms

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