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des·qua·mate
(dĕs′kwə-māt′)intr.v. des·qua·mat·ed, des·qua·mat·ing, des·qua·mates
To shed, peel, or come off in scales. Used of skin.
[Latin dēsquāmāre, dēsquāmāt- : dē-, de- + squāma, scale.]
des′qua·ma′tion n.
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desquamate
(ˈdɛskwəˌmeɪt)vb
(Pathology) (intr) (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
[C18: from Latin dēsquāmāre to scale off, from de- + squāma a scale]
ˌdesquaˈmation n
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des•qua•mate
(ˈdɛs kwəˌmeɪt)v.i. -mat•ed, -mat•ing.
to peel off in scales.
[1720–30; < Latin dēsquāmātus, past participle of dēsquāmāre to remove scales from. See de-, squamate]
des`qua•ma′tion, n.
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desquamate
Past participle: desquamated
Gerund: desquamating
| Imperative |
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| desquamate |
| desquamate |
| Present |
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| I desquamate |
| you desquamate |
| he/she/it desquamates |
| we desquamate |
| you desquamate |
| they desquamate |
| Preterite |
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| I desquamated |
| you desquamated |
| he/she/it desquamated |
| we desquamated |
| you desquamated |
| they desquamated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am desquamating |
| you are desquamating |
| he/she/it is desquamating |
| we are desquamating |
| you are desquamating |
| they are desquamating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have desquamated |
| you have desquamated |
| he/she/it has desquamated |
| we have desquamated |
| you have desquamated |
| they have desquamated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was desquamating |
| you were desquamating |
| he/she/it was desquamating |
| we were desquamating |
| you were desquamating |
| they were desquamating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had desquamated |
| you had desquamated |
| he/she/it had desquamated |
| we had desquamated |
| you had desquamated |
| they had desquamated |
| Future |
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| I will desquamate |
| you will desquamate |
| he/she/it will desquamate |
| we will desquamate |
| you will desquamate |
| they will desquamate |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have desquamated |
| you will have desquamated |
| he/she/it will have desquamated |
| we will have desquamated |
| you will have desquamated |
| they will have desquamated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be desquamating |
| you will be desquamating |
| he/she/it will be desquamating |
| we will be desquamating |
| you will be desquamating |
| they will be desquamating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been desquamating |
| you have been desquamating |
| he/she/it has been desquamating |
| we have been desquamating |
| you have been desquamating |
| they have been desquamating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been desquamating |
| you will have been desquamating |
| he/she/it will have been desquamating |
| we will have been desquamating |
| you will have been desquamating |
| they will have been desquamating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been desquamating |
| you had been desquamating |
| he/she/it had been desquamating |
| we had been desquamating |
| you had been desquamating |
| they had been desquamating |
| Conditional |
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| I would desquamate |
| you would desquamate |
| he/she/it would desquamate |
| we would desquamate |
| you would desquamate |
| they would desquamate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have desquamated |
| you would have desquamated |
| he/she/it would have desquamated |
| we would have desquamated |
| you would have desquamated |
| they would have desquamated |
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