Squamous

[skweimәs]

Definition

(-) Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.

(-) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Scaly, SQUAMOSE.

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