Desquamate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Desquamate \Des"qua*mate\, v. i. [L. desquamatus, p. p. of
     desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale.] (Med.)
     To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin
     in certain diseases.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  desquamate
       v : peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates" [syn: {peel off}]