squamousadj.
/ˈskweɪməs/, U.S. /ˈskweɪməs/ 1. Anatomy.1778 Encycl. Brit. I. 345/2 One [part of the bone]..is called the squamous, or scaly part.1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 395 The Squamous portion of the Temporal Bone.1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 79/1 The squamous bone or portion has a roundish form.1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 16 The skull narrows, leaving..prominent ridges which mark the junction between the squamous and parietal bones.
a. squamous bone, squamous part, squamous portion, the thin and scaly part of the temporal bone, situated in the temple.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > bones of temple
squamous bone?1541
temporal?1541
shaft1552
vaginal process1726
mastoid process1732
supertemporal1834
mastoid1840
stylohyal1846
squamosal1848
squamosal bone1849
tympanohyal1873
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Divv Ye bones that are called Petrous... Also they be called Scamous.., for they be conioynte in maner of the scales of a fysshe with the sayde parietalles.
b. Of a suture: Formed by thin overlapping parts resembling scales.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > types of joint > [adjective]
ginglymoid1668
arthrodial1703
squamous1712
planiform1733
sutural1826
synarthrodial1830
enarthrodial1836
ginglyform1847
cup and ball1854
amphiarthrodial1859
synostotic1864
synchondrosial1866
trochoidal1882
amphiarthrotic1956
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 104 From thence it [sc. the Os Maxilla] runs obliquely backward, and is articulated with the Os Palati by a broad squamous Suture.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 73 The Squamous Agglutinations or False Sutures are one of each Side, a little above the Ear.
1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. II. 55 The overlapping, or squamous suture by which the Collar is fitted to..the calcareous Sheath of the Siphon.
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 151 The contained cerebral substance could only expand at the sides in the situation of the squamous sutures.
c. (See quot. 1854.)
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1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 173 In the cod..most of the bones..have what, in anatomy, is called the ‘squamous’ character and mode of union, being flattened, thinned off at the edge, and overlapping one another.
2. Containing scale-like particles. rare.
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the world > matter > liquid > water > [adjective] > properties or characteristics of water > containing scale-like particles
squamous1547
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xxvv In this matter take good hede, that thou do marke a furfurouse vrine from a squamus water, and a squamus water from a skaly water.
3. Botany. Furnished or covered with, composed of, squamæ or scales.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > having bracts, etc.
scaly1597
paleaceous1648
squamous1658
paleated1661
paled1704
squamose1731
leprous1759
spathaceous1760
squarrose1760
comose1793
glumose1793
ramentaceous1806
squarrous1806
leprose1818
squamate1826
glumaceous1828
bracteolate1830
lepidote1836
bracteate1839
spathose1839
squamulose1846
bracteated1852
bracted1854
obimbricate1857
squamaceous1857
squarrulose1857
ramentiferous1858
furfuraceous1860
tribracteate1870
tribracteolate1870
paleate1879
bracteose1880
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 123 In the squamous heads of Scabious, Knapweed,..and in the Scaly composure of the Oak-Rose.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 73 Many squamous shining hollow heads hanging upon slender stalks.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Virga The Calyx (or Flower-cup) is squamous.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. i. 26 [The root] of the lily is squamous, or composed of scales.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. v. 152 The Squamous Gall, which Reaumur called Artichoke Gall, is..found on the English Oak.
1870 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) i. iv. 182 The bracts are described as squamous or scaly.
4. = squamose adj. 1.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having scales
scaleda1400
scaly1528
plateda1560
squamy1592
squamigerous1656
squamose1661
shielded1662
squamous1668
squamated1752
scutated1802
loricate1826
scutate1826
squamate1826
scutulate1827
loricated1871
scutulated1885
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 142 Squamous River Fish.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 461/1 Others [sc. squares of skin] irregular, and rough, and even squamous, like tubercles.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 218 Blue bellied, squamous lizards, several varieties.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad ii. 84 The brawny Tritons, with their weedy hair, Their squamous tails, and slimy shoulders bare.
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 281 The lower valves of some Spondyli are squamous or spiny, the upper plain.
5. Of substances: Composed of scales.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > thin
foliated1650
laminated1665
foliate1683
leafy1684
lamellated1713
foliaceousa1728
squamousa1728
lamellose1752
lamellar1794
spathaceous1794
laminous1798
spathose1802
lamellous1803
spathic1803
laminar1811
lamellate1826
laminose1826
laminary1830
lamelliferous1832
laminiferous1834
a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 57 The squamous or foliaceous Talc and Mica.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 208/2 He considers each little band as being composed of two substances, one fleshy, which contracts upon drying, the other squamous.
6. Pathology. Of skin-diseases: Characterized by the development of scales or laminæ of skin.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > of disease: scurfy or scabby
roinousc1400
furfuraceous1650
scaly1796
crustaceous1801
squamose1822
squamous1829
psoriatic1836
desquamatory1837
desquamative1847
psoriasiform1897
scaling1897
1829 Glasgow Med. Jrnl. 2 327 These eruptions may be exanthematic, vesicular..or squamous.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xx. 247 (note) A copious eruption often combining the lichenous and the squamous forms.
1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 60 A squamous eruption, not confined to any particular part, but especially affecting the chest.
1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 164 Squamous eczema may be..merely an ephemeral stage of the disease.
7. Of armour: Scaly, scaled; laminated.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > qualities of armour
sickerc1400
pourpointed1824
squamous1845
1845 C. H. Smith in Kitto's Cycl. Biblical Lit. I. at Arms The term..‘scales’, in the case of Goliath's armour, denotes squamous armour.
1858 J. Kitto Daily Bible Illustr. III. 225 The squamous arrangement of the pieces of metal.
8. Medicine. Designating epithelium that contains (or consists of) a layer of very thin, flattened cells, and the cells themselves. Also squamous-celled adj.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > other tissues > [adjective]
submucous1818
subserous1822
squamous1860
myoepithelial1881
subserosal1907
reticuloendothelial1915
lymphoreticular1942
1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy ii. 79 The epithelium of the mucous coat..is of the tessellated or squamous variety.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) xii. 275 Squamous epithelium generally consists of many layers of cells, one over the other.
1891 C. W. M. Moullin Surg. 139 The fatty change is common..in squamous-celled epitheliomata.
1908 Practitioner Sept. 355 Wherever the disease occurs, seeing that it is commonly a squamous~celled epitheliomatous ulcer, it is reasonable to suppose that it starts as the result of some previous lesion causing a denudation of the epithelium at one of these spots.
1937 E. E. Hewer Text-bk. Histol. ii. 9 Three types can be distinguished:—(1) Simple squamous epithelium... (2) Simple columnar and cubical epithelium... (3) Stratified epithelium.
1947 Radiology 49 281/1 A variety of other tumors, such as..squamous-cell carcinomas of the vagina and fore-stomach..were observed.
1968 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. xvii. 2/1 There are two varieties of stratified squamous epithelium, comified (keratinized) and non-comified (non-keratinized).
1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 71 726 Metaplasis into stratified squamous-cell epithelium is very common in the middle ear.
Derivatives
ˈsquamously adv.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adverb] > in scaly manner
squamosely1822
squamously1822
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 223 Pecten scabrellus: sub~orbicular,..squamously denticulated.
ˈsquamousness n.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > hard or protective covering > scale > being covered with
squamoseness1727
squamosity1775
squamousness1775
squamation1881
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Squamousness, the state of being squamous.
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