DESQUAMATE

desquamate, peel off

(verb) peel off in scales; “dry skin desquamates”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

desquamate (third-person singular simple present desquamates, present participle desquamating, simple past and past participle desquamated)

(intransitive) To shed or peel.

Source: Wiktionary

Des"qua*mate, v. i. Etym: [L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale.] (Med.)

Definition: To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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