Desquamate

(v. i.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.

Thesaurus Entries

arrange in layers, breach, break, burst, bust, check, chip, crack, delaminate, desquamate, fissure, flake, flake off, fracture, laminate, lay down, lay up, layer, peel, rupture, scale, scale off, snap, split, stratify