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desquamate
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des·qua·mate (dskw-mt)
v.
To shed, peel, or come off in scales. Used of skin.
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Cerumen is a mixture of secretions produced by the sebaceous and ceruminous glands and substances such as desquamated epithelial cells, shed hairs, and foreign bodies.
Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss by Raman, Rajagopalan / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Eschar specimens and 5-mL convalescent-phase blood sample from each patient were collected at the time that the eschar spontaneously desquamated (6-15 days after treatment).
Orientia tsutsugamushi in eschars from scrub typhus patients by Foley, Janet E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rats exposed exclusively for the gene expression studies did not undergo BAL to avoid confounding of the gene expression that might be associated with the physical stress of lavage or the loss of desquamated cells.
Acute ozone-induced differential gene expression profiles in rat lung by Hatch, Gary E. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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