Medical Dictionary
1peel
vt \ˈpēl\
Medical Definition of PEEL
1
: to strip off an outer layer of
2
: to remove (as skin or a blemish) by stripping
intransitive verb
1
: to come off in sheets or scales <sunburned skin peels>
2
: to lose an outer layer (as of skin) <his face is peeling>
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