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Definition: SQUAMOUS |
SQUAMOUS1. Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal. 2. 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. |
Date "SQUAMOUS" was first used: 1547. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Scaly, or platelike. (references) |
Medicine | Resembling a scale, platelike; scaly, covered with scales. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Adjective: covering; Verb: superimposed, overlaid, plated; Verb: cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous; covered; Verb: imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad; under cover; cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform; vaginate. |
Layer | Adjective: lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered; laminated, laminiferous; micaceous; schistose, schistous; scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous; foliated, foliaceous; stratified, stratiform; tabular, discoid; spathic, spathose. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SQUAMOUS |
| English words defined with "SQUAMOUS": Squamosal, Squamose. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SQUAMOUS": Carcinoma, Adenosquamous, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Cholesteatoma ♦ epidermoid carcinoma, Epithelium, Corneal, external haemorrhoids, external hemorrhoids ♦ Genes, erbB-1 ♦ metaplastic carcinoma, Mohs Surgery ♦ Neoplasms, Squamous Cell, nonmelanoma skin cancer, nonmelanomatous, non-small cell lung cancer ♦ Papillomavirus, Human ♦ squamous intraepithelial lesion ♦ Urethral Neoplasms ♦ Vindesine. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Histological section showing cervical cancer specifically squamous cell carcinoma in the cervix. Tissue is stained with pap stain and magnified x200. Credit: Unknown photographer. |  | Bacteria appeared as gram-positive rods among squamous epithelial cells and neutrophils in this vaginal smear. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | However, the biopsy showed early squamous cell carcinoma. (references) | |
The biopsy will be examined in a lab to see whether the normal squamous cells have been replaced with columnar cells. (references) | ||
Squamous cell cervical cancer is an ideal disease for screening because of the typically long preclinical phase, which permits early detection. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SQUAMOUS" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SQUAMOUS" is used about 74 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 74 | 38,813 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SQUAMOUS": squamous blepharitis ♦ squamous cell ♦ squamous cell carcinoma ♦ squamous cells ♦ Squamous Epithelium ♦ squamous intraepithelial lesion. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SQUAMOUS": columnar-squamous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "SQUAMOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | squamoes, squamær, skaellet (shelly), skaellende, skaelagtig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | squameus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | okasolu (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell), levyepiteelisyöpä (squamous cell carcinoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | squameux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | squamosus, squameus, squamös, squamös. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλακώδες. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bersisik (scaly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | squamoso (scaly, squamose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amoussquay escamoso (flaky). (various references) чешуйчатый (flaky, scaled, scaly). (various references) epitelio pavimentoso (squamous epithelium), epitelio escamoso (squamous epithelium), carcinoma de las celulas espinales (squamous cell cancer, squamous cell carcinoma), carcinoma de células escamosas (squamous cell carcinoma), célula escamosa (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell), blefaritis escamosa (blepharitis sicca, blepharitis squamosa, squamous blepharitis). (various references) skivepitelcell (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell). (various references) pullu (furfuraceous, lamellar, lamellate, scaled, scaly, squamate), pul pul (flaked, scabrous, scaly, squamate), üzeri pul pul olan (squamate). (various references) có vảy hình vảy (squamose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | squamosus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-o-q-s-s-u-u" | |
-3 letters: quass, somas, sumos. | |
-4 letters: amus, mass, moas, moss, muss, ossa, soma, sous, sumo, sums, suqs. | |
-5 letters: amu, ass, mas, moa, mos, mus, oms, qua, sau, som, sos, sou, sum, suq. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-o-q-s-s-u-u" | |
+2 letters: squamulose. | |
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