Squamous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.
  • adj. Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale: the squamous cells of the cervix.
  • adj. Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In zoöl, and anatomy: Covered with scales; scaly; squamate; squamose; squamiferous or squamigerous.
  • Scale-like; squamoid; squamiform; specifically, of a bone, same as squamosal.
  • In botany, same as squamose.
  • Word Usage
    "It was the right leg, the right shin, which was revealed to be what she called a squamous cell carcinoma."
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