squamous
adjective
- like, formed of, or covered with scales
- Anat. designating or of a thin, scalelike cell, structure, etc., esp. an epithelial cell or a platelike structure in the upper anterior portion of the temporal bone
See squamous in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(skwāˈməs, skwäˈ-) also squa·mose (-mōsˌ)
adjective- Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.
- Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale: the squamous cells of the cervix.
- Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone.
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