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squamous |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Squamose \Squa*mose"\ (? or ?), Squamous \Squa"mous\, [L. squamosus, fr squama a scale: cf F. squameux.] 1. 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. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
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