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Desquamation: The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. For example, once the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation. The word comes from the Latin "desquamare" meaning "to scrape the scales off a fish."
Library > Science > Sci-Tech Dictionary ( dē·skwə′mÄ·shÉ™n ) ( physiology ) Shedding; a peeling and casting off, as of the superficial epithelium, mucous ...
Desquamation - What does desquamation mean? Learn more about the skin's natural exfoliation process and how it relates to acne.
Desquamation: The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. For example, once the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation. The word comes from the Latin ...
desquamation /des·qua·ma·tion/ (des″kwah-ma´shun) the shedding of epithelial elements, chiefly of the skin, in scales or sheets.desquam´ative
verb (used without object), -mat·ed, -mat·ing. Pathology . to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off. Origin: 1720–30; < Latin ...