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(skal )

[Fr. escale, husk]

1. A small dry flake, shed from the upper layers of skin. Some shedding of skin is normal; scale increases in diseases like pityriasis rosea, psoriasis, and tinea pedis and after scratching the skin.

SCALE
2. A film of tartar encrusting the teeth.
3. To remove a film of tartar from the teeth.
4. To form a scale on.
5. To shed scales.

SCALE FOR INFANTS