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DESQUAMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desquamation mean?
• DESQUAMATION (noun)
The noun DESQUAMATION has 1 sense:
1. loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
Familiarity information: DESQUAMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
desquamation; peeling; shedding
Hypernyms ("desquamation" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Derivation:
desquamate (peel off in scales)
Context examples
It is an autosomal dominant inherited or acquired disorder characterized by scaling and desquamation of the skin.
(Ichthyosis Vulgaris, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by defective desquamation resulting in elongation of the filiform papillae.
(Hairy Tongue, NCI Thesaurus)
A generalized inflammatory cutaneous disorder characterized by erythema and desquamation.
(Erythroderma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of alopecia, erythroderma, desquamation, lymphadenopathy, and chronic diarrhea.
(Omenn Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
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