squamous

squa·mous   (skwā'məs, skwä'-)    adj.   Covered with or formed of scales; scaly. Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale: the squamous cells of the cervix. Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone. [Latin squāmōsus, from squāma, scale.] squa'mous·ly adv., squa'mous·ness n.

Main Entry: squa·mous
Pronunciation: 'skwA-m&s
Function: adjective
1 a : covered with or consisting of scales b : of,relating to, or being a stratified epithelium that consists at least in its outer layers of small scalelike cells
2 : resembling a scale or plate; especially : of,relating to, or being the thin anterior upper portion of the temporal bone

squamous squa·mous (skwā'məs, skwä'-) or squa·mose (-mōs')
adj.

1. Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.

2. Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat.

3. Squamosal.

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squa'mous·ness n.