desquamation
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Desquamation, or peeling skin, is the shedding of dead cells from the outermost layer of skin.
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Desquamation
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Skin peeling, skin shedding, sudden exfoliation (in some cases)
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- Medical condition (new).field
- Dermatology
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- Physiologic desquamation
- Abnormal desquamation
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Desquamation, or peeling skin, is the shedding of dead cells from the outermost layer of skin.
The term is .
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