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desquamation

NOUN
shedding
Synonyms
STRONG
dropping exfoliating exuviating molting
WEAK


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It takes the average skin cell 28 days to cycle from creation to desquamation.

From Slate Jan. 12, 2022

The dead skin cells there should shed in a process called desquamation, but it is slowed by a number of factors: hormone fluctuations, sun exposure, vitamin deficiencies and aging.

From New York Times Jun. 25, 2018

Thus in a recent case in my practice the rash was still distinct at the close of the second week, though the temperature had fallen from 105° to 102° and some desquamation had appeared.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Slowly, wearily, desultorily, the erosion and desquamation went on.

From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by Holley, George W.

DEFINITION.—Measles is an acute infectious disease involving the skin and mucous membranes, characterized by successive stages and a maculo-papular eruption, which terminates in a fine branny desquamation.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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