Desquamate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To shed, peel, or come off in scales. Used of skin.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To shed or peel
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To scale off; peel off; exfoliate; be shed, cast, or molted in the form of scales or flakes.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. peel off in scales
    • Verb Form
    desquamated    desquamating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    molt    shed    moult    exuviate    slough   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scald   
     
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