desquamate
/ˈdeskwəmeɪt/verb
no obj.
- (of a layer of cells, e.g. of the skin) come off in scales or flakes脱屑, 脱皮:
as adj. desquamated desquamated cells.脱落的细胞。
派生词
desquamation
noundesquamative
/dɪˈskwæmətɪv/ adjective词源
early 18th cent. (in the sense 'remove the scales from'): from Latin desquamat- 'scaled', from the verb desquamare, from de- 'away from' + squama 'a scale'.