'Desquamate' definitions:
Definition of 'desquamate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates" [syn: desquamate, peel off]
Definition of 'Desquamate'
From: GCIDE
- Desquamate \Des"qua*mate\, v. i. [L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale.] (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases. [1913 Webster]