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Definition: Desquamation |
DesquamationNoun1. Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Desquamation \Des`qua*ma"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression desquamation.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The shedding of epithelial elements, chiefly of the skin, in scales or small sheets; exfoliation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DesquamationSynonyms: peeling (n), shedding (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Divestment | Nudity; bareness; Adjective: undress; dishabille; the altogether; nudation, denudation; decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Desquamation |
| English words defined with "desquamation": Desquamatory ♦ Furfuration ♦ scarlet fever. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "desquamation": Dermatitis, Phototoxic ♦ Keratolytic Agents. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Desquamation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (peeling). |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) manifests by sudden onset of fever, chills, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pains and rash. Hypotension and mucous membrane, multisystem involvement and later desquamation are features of the disease. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Desquamation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Desquamation" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
desquamation | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "desquamation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | desquamatio (exfoliation, peeling, scaling). (various references) | |
Dutch | desquamatie (exfoliation, peeling, scaling). (various references) | |
Finnish | deskvamaatio (peeling), kesiminen (peeling), hilseily (chipping, exfoliation, flaking, peeling, scaling, the degree of corrosion is determined by weighing before and after the oxide scale has blistered off). (various references) | |
French | desquamation (f), desquamation, exfoliation. (various references) | |
German | Desquamation (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), Desquamatio (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), Defurfuratio (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), Squamosis latens (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), Schuppung (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), Exfoliation (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), Exfoliatio (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), Abschuppung (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), Abschilferung (exfoliation, peeling, scaling). (various references) | |
Greek | αποφολίδωσις (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), αποφολίδωση (peeling), απολέπισις (exfoliation, peeling, scaling), απολέπιση (scaling). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קלוף (paring, peeled, peeling, sloughing). (various references) | |
Italian | desquamazione (exfoliation, peeling, scaling). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esquamationday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | descamação (chipping, exfoliation, flaking, peeling, scaling), formação excessiva de escamas na pele (flaky skin), esfoliação (exfoliation). (various references) | |
Spanish | descamación (exfoliation, flaking, peeling, scaling). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tróc vảy, sự bóc vảy. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "desquamation": desquamations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-m-n-o-q-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: anatomised, squamation. | |
-3 letters: anatomies, anatomise, aquatones, diamantes, dominates, equations, misatoned, misquoted. | |
-4 letters: adamsite, adenomas, amentias, amiantus, amidones, amniotes, amounted, animated, animates, antiqued, antiques, aquatone, astonied, atomised, audients, daimones, demonist, demounts, diamante, diastema, dismount, dominate, equation, manatoid, mandates, manitous, manteaus, maundies, mediants, misatone, misquote, mistuned, mudstone, question, saintdom, seamount, sedation, sinuated, squamate, squinted, sudation. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-i-m-n-o-q-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: desquamations. | |
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