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What does squamous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
  2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
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The mosaic patterns, punctation and leukoplakia that are associated with squamous lesions are generally not seen with glandular lesions.
Not uncommonly, squamous differentiation and abortive gland formation is noted.
Cancer in the upper part of the oesophagus is called squamous cell carcinoma.
In some areas, the glandular epithelium showed squamous and transitional cell metaplasia.
In the normal cervix, TN formed a thin, delicate, continuous band within the basement membrane of the squamous epithelium.
The squamocolumnar junction, an area of rapid cell turnover and squamous metaplasia, is the site of this oncogenic transformation.

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