desquamate
VerbSynonyms:
peel off
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Des′qua·mate intransitive verb
Origin: L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale.
Medicine To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54