DESQUAMATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

Synonyms:

desquamation; peeling; shedding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("desquamation" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Derivation:

desquamate (peel off in scales)

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