Crossword-Solution: DESQUAMATE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Desquamate | v. i. | To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “DESQUAMATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Scale, as fish. | 1 answer |
| exfoliate | 3 answers |
| Flake (off) | 5 answers |
| Peel | 44 answers |
| Scale | 62 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CAZMEE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with DESQUAMATE (2)
The margins of the pustules, before of a distinct red, now assume a bluish-red or purplish colour, and the skin begins to desquamate.
The febrile symptoms, which abate during the process of maturation, are apt to return during desiccation; and when the skin begins to desquamate, they then constitute what is called secondary fever.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1968).