Definition of Desquamate
to peel off in flakes (especially when related to skin.)
Examples of Desquamate in a sentence
After rubbing her skin roughly when she showered, the woman’s dead hide started to desquamate into tiny flakes. 🔊
Humans’ skin will naturally desquamate and sheds unnoticeably ever fourteen days. 🔊
Tess got a sunburn at the pool which caused her skin to desquamate and peel off rapidly. 🔊
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