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1. Faint erythema or dry desquamation. 2. Moderate to brisk erythema; patchy, moist desquamation, mostly confined to skin folds and creases; moderate edema. 3. Moist desquamation in areas other than skin folds and creases; bleeding induced by minor trauma or abrasion. 4.
Desquamation, or peeling skin, is the shedding of dead cells from the outermost layer of skin. The term is from Latin desquamare 'to scrape the scales off a fish'.
- Skin peeling
Definition of branny desquamation in the Medical Dictionary by The Free Dictionary
Many references have been made previously to the various types of skin and to the changes in the reaction to mechanical stimulation. A review of these variations, hitherto grouped under the names of "ichthyosis, ichthyoid, xeroderma, etc.," shows that there exists within these larger groups a number...
- P. B. Mumford
- 1927
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Acral peeling skin syndrome is a genetic skin disorder in which the top layer of skin painlessly peels off. Most desquamation is on the hands and feet, but it may also occur on the arms and legs. The disorder may begin in infancy, later in childhood, or in adulthood. Kawasaki syndrome, in which the skin on the palms of the hands and the soles ...
Noun [ edit] branny desquamation (plural branny desquamations) Synonym of defurfuration. Categories: English lemmas. English nouns.
Pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) is a chronic papulosquamous disorder of unknown etiology characterized by branny desquamation, palmoplantar keratoderma, and follicular hyperkeratosis. Circumscribed juvenile type PRP (type IV) occurs in prepubertal children or young adults and is characterized by well-defined scaly plaques on elbows, knees, and ...
