desquamatory

Adjective

desquamatory (not comparable)

1. Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
   • And this shall be done with a scaling or Desquamatory Trepan, (as they term it) with which you may easily take up as much of the bone, as you shall think expedient: And I have here given you the figure thereof1649, Ambroise Paré, The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey, page 269
2. Related to the shedding of endothelial cells.
   • It is only when the sediment is very abudant, pointing to an exaggerated desquamatory condition, that our attention is called to the condition.1895, Robert Newton Tooker, The Diseases of Children and Their Homeopathic Treatment, page 432
   • Very rarely seen are separate desquamatory distropically changed endothelial cells an in their place small defects are formed.1988, Folia Medica - Volume 30, page 22
3. Pertaining to the shedding or peeling off of the outermost layer of skin cells.
   • Ultimately, the alteration in stratum corneum lipid organization will affect the levels of free water available to both hydrate the desquamatory enzymes and to participate in their catalytic reactions .2002, James J. Leyden, Anthony V. Rawlings, Skin Moisturization, page 366
   • For our purposes, it is sufficient to note that dysregulation of desquamatory protease activity in the SC is often involved in conditions of compromised skin barrier.2015, Raja Sivamani, Jared R. Jagdeo, Peter Elsner, Cosmeceuticals and Active Cosmetics