squamous

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  1. adjective Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.
  2. adjective Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale: the squamous cells of the cervix.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone.

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  • The squamous, reptilian skin that was a certain mark of the dark powers. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2008
  • The 66-year-old coach was diagnosed in the spring with squamous cell cancer, a type of skin cancer. —  News from www.rep-am.com
  • Experts estimate 200,000 people are diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, or SCC, each year. —  RNews - TOP STORIES
  • New York-based ImClone, which partners with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to market the drug, said it asked the Food and Drug Administration to expand the Erbitux label to include recurrent or metastasized squamous cell carcimona of the head and neck, in combination with chemotherapy. —  IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Politics & Policy
  • Erbitux was approved in March 2006 as a treatment for squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck that had not metastasized, or for patients who had not responded to previous treatments. —  IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Politics & Policy
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  1. Latin squāmōsus, from squāma, scale.

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  1. from Latin squamosus, covered with scales: see squamose.
 

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/ˈskweɪməs/
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