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des•qua•mate
(des′kwə māt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -mat•ed, -mat•ing. [Pathol.]
des′qua•ma′tion, n.
- Pathologyto come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases;
peel off.
- Latin dēsquāmātus (past participle of dēsquāmāre to remove scales from). See de-, squamate
- 1720–30