1. shedding or peeling off in scales or flakes, especially of skin or other tissue
Usage: medical; present participle of desquamate

Examples

• The patient’s skin was desquamating after the severe sunburn.
• The doctor observed desquamating tissue around the wound site.
• After the fever broke, her skin began desquamating on her hands and feet.
• The dermatologist noted the desquamating patches on the patient’s arms.
• Certain medications can cause desquamating skin reactions.
• The burn victim’s skin was desquamating as part of the healing process.