desquamation
English
Etymology
From Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), from squāma (“scale”).
Noun
desquamation (countable and uncountable, plural desquamations)
Related terms
References
- desquamation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- desquamation at OneLook Dictionary Search
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