desquamation

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It takes the average skin cell 28 days to cycle from creation to desquamation.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2022

The dead skin cells there should shed in a process called desquamation, but it is slowed by a number of factors: hormone fluctuations, sun exposure, vitamin deficiencies and aging.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2018

Irritable papular eruption on both hands, followed by desquamation.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

It came on suddenly, was visible for a short time, and then gradually disappeared, leaving, in some instances, a branny substance, consisting of a desquamation of the cuticle.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

Maugin calls attention to the fact that, when present in diphtheria, it occurs early, whereas in scarlatina it is seen during the period of desquamation, and is not of frequent occurrence even then.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various