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desquamation|dɛskwəˈmeɪʃən|
[noun of action from prec.: see -ation. (In French, in Dict. Trévoux, 1752).]
1. The removal of scales or of any scaly crust.
1721Bailey, Desquamation (in Surgery) is a scaling of foul bones. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Desquamation, the act of slaking or scaling carious Bones. 1755in Johnson.
2. A coming off in scales or scaly patches; esp. that of the epidermis, as the result of certain diseases; exfoliation, ‘peeling’.
1725Huxham in Phil. Trans. XXXIII. 389 The Desquammation was very slow, the black Crusts adhering several Days. 1805W. Saunders Min. Waters 105 Obstinate cases of dry desquamations. 1813J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 147 Exfoliation or desquamation of the internal membrane. 1839Murchison Silur. Syst. i. xxxix. 540 Granite is so prone to desquamation, that nearly all granitic chains are topped with rounded masses, which, though really in situ, have often the appearance of being bowlders. 1880Beale Slight Ailm. 28 The desquamation and falling off of a good deal of epithelium. 1888Times 14 Apr. 11 Another child..was in the stage of desquamation.
attrib.1883Quain Dict. Med. s.v. Scarlet Fever, The desquamation-period..is also spoken of as occupying the second week.
3. That which is cast off in scales.
1565–73Cooper Thesaurus, Aposirmata Phisitions call Desquamations. 1755Johnson, Rust, the red desquamation of old iron. |