different between exuviate vs desquamation

English

Etymology

From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exu? (“cast off, strip”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???zju?.v?.e?t/, /?k?su?.v?.e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?su?.v?.e?t/, /???zu?.v?.e?t/
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Verb

exuviate (third-person singular simple present exuviates, present participle exuviating, simple past and past participle exuviated)

1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).

Synonyms

• (to shed or cast off a covering): moult, molt, slough

Related terms

• exuviae
• exuvial
• exuviation
• exuvious

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), from squ?ma (“scale”).

Noun

desquamation (countable and uncountable, plural desquamations)

1. (medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.

   After the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation.

Related terms

• squama

References

• desquamation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• desquamation at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s.kwa.ma.sj??/

Noun

desquamation f (plural desquamations)

1. desquamation