desquamate

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English

Etymology

From Latin desquamare, from squama (“a scale”).

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Verb

desquamate (third-person singular simple present desquamates, present participle desquamating, simple past and past participle desquamated)

  1. (intransitive) To shed or peel.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

desquamate

  1. inflection of desquamare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

desquamate f pl

  1. feminine plural of desquamato
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