desquamation

English

Etymology

From Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), from squāma (“scale”).

Noun

desquamation (countable and uncountable, plural desquamations)

1. (medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.

   After the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation.

Derived terms

• branny desquamation

Related terms

• squama

References

• “desquamation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “desquamation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.kwa.ma.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

desquamation f (plural desquamations)

1. desquamation

Further reading

• “desquamation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.