Desquamation

Desquamation
Other namesSkin peeling, skin shedding
SpecialtyDermatology

Desquamation, or peeling skin, is the shedding of dead cells from the outermost layer of skin.

The term is from Latin desquamare 'to scrape the scales off a fish'.

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