Definition of Squames. Meaning of Squames. Synonyms of Squames

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Definition of Squames

Squame
Squame Squame, n. [L. squama scale.] 1. A scale. [Obs.] ``iron squames.' --Chaucer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.

Meaning of Squames from wikipedia

- In the skin, this process leads to the abnormal replacement of annular squames with nucleated cells. Parakeratosis is ****ociated with the thinning or...
- contains a greasy fluid which is pale in colour and contains keratotic squames. Protein content of cyst fluid below 4g% is diagnostic of odontogenic keratocysts...
- uncertain, but it is thought to be caused by ac****ulation of epithelial squames and proliferation of chromogenic (i.e., color-producing) microorganisms...
- keratinocytes in the stratum granulosum into nonvital surface cells or squames to form the stratum corneum. The cells terminally differentiate as they...
- their specific infectivity. Virions can then be sloughed off in the dead squames of the host epithelium and the viral lifecycle continues. A 2010 study...
- Amniotic fluid embolism Intravascular squames are present in this example of amniotic fluid embolism. Specialty ObstetricsĀ  Risk factors Advanced maternal...
- from the basal to the superficial layers, with cells becoming more flat ("squames") towards the surface as a continuous maturation process. In dysplastic...
- through keratinocyte differentiation. Corneocytes, also referred to as squames (from Latin squama, meaning a "thin flake" or "scales") are terminally...
- Look up squama, squamous, or squame in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Squama (or squamous, squame) refers to a structure shaped like a de****bent scale...
- their survivability during extracellular transfer between hosts. Cornified squame release from the surface of epithelial cells may also contribute to their...