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
Nov. 11th, eruption, which appears to have been hemorrhagic in points, is fading and the desquamation is less.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
When eczema reaches its latest period, either acute or chronic, desquamation of the affected parts is the most prominent feature.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Pronounced desquamation with new formation of connective tissue and no fresh exudation will, sooner or later, occasion dryness—this dryness being sometimes very pronounced.
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)
