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noun
The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: peeling, shedding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic phenomenon
History
From Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), from squāma (“scale”).
