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.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.