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desquamate
"(Of a layer of cells, e.g. of the skin) come off in scales or flakes", Early 18th century (in the sense 'remove the scales from'): from Latin
desquamat-
'scaled', from the verb
desquamare
, from
de-
'away from' +
squama
'a scale'.