squamous

adjective

squa·mous ˈskwā-məs

also ˈskwä-

Synonyms of squamous next

: covered with or consisting of scales : scaly

: of, relating to, or being a stratified epithelium that consists at least in its outer layers of small scalelike cells

: resembling a scale or plate in structure

especially : of, relating to, or being either the thin anterior upper portion of the temporal bone, the vertical portion of the frontal bone forming the forehead, or the curved expanded portion of the occipital bone behind the foramen magnum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The biopsy showed that the sperm bags of the squid had thrust into the squamous epithelium of the patient. —

Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2012 Still, squamous cells are found almost everywhere in the body. —

Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022 In the 1980s, Dougan developed squamous skin cancer and spent almost a year at the City of Hope cancer treatment center. —

New York Times, 21 Apr. 2021 Rivera, 58, who grew up in Seaside and was an All-America linebacker at Cal, successfully finished seven weeks of chemotherapy and proton radiation treatment in late October for squamous-cell cancer in his throat. —

Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2020 The patients had a subtype of lung cancer known as squamous non-small-cell lung cancer. —

Peter Loftus, WSJ, 4 June 2018 Patients in the study had an advanced stage of non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer. —

Denise Grady, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018 Any restoration – from totally squamous to poofed up with down – require speculation. —

Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 14 June 2017 See More

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