Taber's Medical Dictionary
2scale
(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
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "2scale." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773414/all/scale__2_.
2scale. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773414/all/scale__2_. Accessed April 12, 2025.
2scale. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773414/all/scale__2_
2scale [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 12]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773414/all/scale__2_.
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