Having shed or peeled off in scales or flakes; describing skin or tissue that has undergone natural or abnormal shedding.
Past tense form of desquamate, formed by adding -ed to indicate completed action or resulting state.
Medical charts describe 'desquamated skin patches' when ordinary people would just say 'flaky skin'—the Latin terminology helps doctors communicate precisely about what patients see as just annoying roughness.
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