Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The process of desquamating; a scaling or exfoliation, as of skin or bone; especially, separation of the epidermis in scales or patches: a common result of certain diseases, as scarlatina.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. For example, once the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.
WordNet 3.0
- n. loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
Etymologies
- The word comes from the Latin desquamare meaning "to scrape the scales off a fish." (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Eczema (dermatitis) - Erythema with crusting, scaling, itching, and desquamation.”
“Bacteria are always found on and in this layer, but the conditions for growth here are not very favorable and the surface is constantly cleansed by desquamation.”
“It is most contagious at the height of the disease and during desquamation.”
The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses
“At the beginning of the second week desquamation, or scaling, begins, the skin peeling off in minute flakes.”
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
“If recovery is prompt and desquamation (scaling) is in progress, warm baths may be applied for a few days.”
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
“Healthy children must be strictly seperated from the sick till the end of desquamation or scaling -- a period of four to six weeks.”
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
“No case of measles shall be discharged from observation until the Department has been notified, the case examined by an inspector to see if desquamation is entirely completed, and the premises ordered fumigated.”
“This examination by the inspector is necessary because the Department of Health must have official information as to the completion of desquamation before a child is dismissed from observation.”
“The packs, once begun, should be continued, once a day, during and a few days after desquamation.”
“Towards the close of the disease, after desquamation has begun, the temperature of the room may be kept at 70°, as then the fever and heat have subsided and the delicate skin of the patient requires a comfortable temperature.”
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Actual Words
I checked, because I wasn't sure, but these words were coined and entered into a dictionary before I thought them up.
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I have a list for words learned from Newsweek; here's where I keep all the stuff from other shit I read.
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Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
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Useful Words
I can use these.
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rememberers
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A fortiori
Latin; from a stronger even more certain for an even stronger reason
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Schadenfreude
Or, epicaricacy.
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