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What is the adjective for squamose?

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squamous
  1. Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
  2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Tumors that arise distally below the dentate line are typically keratinizing squamous cell cancers.”
      “Cancer in the upper part of the oesophagus is called squamous cell carcinoma.”
      “Two larger pieces consisted of clearly nondysplastic squamous epithelium with glycogenic acanthosis.”
squamozygomatic
  1. (anatomy) Relating to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; applied to a bone, or a centre of ossification, in some foetal skulls.
squamocolumnar
  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a junction between stratified squamous epithelium and columnar epithelium
  2. Examples:
    1. “The squamocolumnar junction, an area of rapid cell turnover and squamous metaplasia, is the site of this oncogenic transformation.”
      “Schatzki's ring is a web arising from the mucosa at the squamocolumnar mucosal junction.”
      “We measured the distance from the squamocolumnar junction to the most proximal parietal cells identified.”
squamotympanic
  1. (anatomy) Relating to the squamous part of the temporal bone and to the tympanic cavity.
squamosal
  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone
squamocellular
  1. Relating to, or composed of squamous cells
squamose
squamate
  1. (chiefly zoology) Covered in scales.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The ground here, it seems, is a mecca for the costive denizens of the Sahel, an unspoiled latrine for Mother Nature and all her feathered, furred and squamate creation.”
squamated
squamaceous
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