DESQUAMATING

Verb

desquamating

present participle of desquamate

Source: Wiktionary


DESQUAMATE

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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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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