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squamous

/skwey-muhs/US // ˈskweɪ məs //UK // (ˈskweɪməs) //

鳞状,鳞状的,鳞片状,鳞次栉比

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : covered with or formed of squamae; scaly.
    • : like a scale.

Examples

  • And squamous cell carcinoma also develops under our fingernails.

  • Caihua Liang, et al. “A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Marijuana Use and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.”

  • Rather striking is the tendency of old squamous cells to retain the red stain, and fragments of such cells may mislead the unwary.

  • How are you to distinguish the papulo-squamous syphiloderm from psoriasis?

  • A mesothelial cell is very flattened, thus resembling a squamous epithelial cell.

  • In what respects does the papulo-squamous syphiloderm differ from psoriasis?

  • Chiefly with squamous eczema and the papulo-squamous syphiloderm; and on the scalp, also with seborrhœa.