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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

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

This final stage of the malady is characterized by a progressively diminishing fever, moderate desquamation, gradual disappearance of the oedema, and a color-change to the darker shades of bluish-red or to a light brown.

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

As the disease advances the portions of skin first attacked become less inflamed, and exhibit a yellowish appearance, which is followed by slight desquamation of the cuticle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various




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