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Definition of: desquamate
(des′kwə·māt) v.i. ·mat·ed, ·mat·ing Pathol.
To peel or scale off, as the epithelial cells in certain skin ailments. [<L desquamatus, pp. of desquamare <de- away + squama a scale]
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