What does "desquamation" mean?

The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.

What is a synonym for "desquamation"?

Common synonyms include: baring, cast, exfoliation, exhibitionism, exposure, flakiness.

noun

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Noun

1
The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. countable, uncountable
"After the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation."
2
loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales wordnet

"After the rash of measles fades, there is desquamation."

From Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), from squāma (“scale”).