(of epithelium) consisting of one or more layers of flat platelike cells
2.
covered with, formed of, or resembling scales
Derived forms
squamously (ˈsquamously) or squamosely (ˈsquamosely)
adverb
squamousness (ˈsquamousness) or squamoseness (ˈsquamoseness)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin squāmōsus, from squāma a scale
squamous in American English
(ˈskweɪməs)
adjective
1.
like, formed of, or covered with scales
2. Anatomy
designating or of a thin, scalelike cell, structure, etc., esp. an epithelial cell or a platelikestructure in the upper anterior portion of the temporal bone
Also ˈsquamose (ˈskweɪmoʊs)
Word origin
L squamosus < squama, a scale
Examples of 'squamous' in a sentence
squamous
`The gibbous moon hung low over the eldritch and batrachian inhabitants of squamous Dulwich.