desquamate

verb (used without object), des·qua·mat·ed, des·qua·mat·ing. Pathology.

1. to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.

verb

1. (intr) (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales

v.

1. To shed, peel, or come off in scales. Used of skin.