desquamate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb peel off in scales
    peel off.
    • dry skin desquamates

WordNet

Des"qua*mate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.

Webster 1913