Squamous Definition

skwāməs, skwä-
adjective
Like, formed of, or covered with scales.
Webster's New World
Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale.
The squamous cells of the cervix.
American Heritage Medicine
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.
Webster's New World

Origin of Squamous

  • From Latin squāmōsus, from squāma (“scale").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin squāmōsus from squāma scale

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Squamous Sentence Examples

  • It appears in my practice, as well as in the practices of others who specialize in skin cancer, that more and more people in their 20s and 30s are developing basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer.

  • Advanced squamous cell cancer can look like a large tumor, a sore that won't heal, or a large patch of thickened or irritated skin.

  • Bursaria spinosa Australian boxthorn A man developed squamous carcinoma of the skin of the forehead at the site of a boxthorn prickle puncture injury.

  • Exposure to UVB increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, two forms of non-melanoma skin cancer.

  • Our previous study suggested that daily administration of low-dose cisplatin enhanced the efficacy of radiotherapy against primary oral squamous carcinoma.

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