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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
desquamate /ˈdɛskwəmeɪt/

▶verb (of a layer of cells) come off in scales or flakes.

– derivatives
desquamation noun,
desquamative /-ˈskwamətɪv/ adjective.

– origin C18 (earlier (ME) as desquamation): from L. desquamat-, desquamare ‘remove the scales from’.

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