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Squamous
Squamose Squa*mose" (? or ?), Squamous Squa"mous, [L.
squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]
1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a
scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous
epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal
bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a
scale.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
Meaning of Squamous from wikipedia
- cell:
squamous (scaly), columnar, and cuboidal.
These can be
arranged in a
singular layer of
cells as
simple epithelium,
either simple squamous, simple...
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Squamous-cell
carcinoma (SCC), also
known as
epidermoid carcinoma,
comprises a
number of
different types of
cancer that
begin in
squamous cells. These...
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Cutaneous squamous-cell
carcinoma (cSCC), also
known as
squamous-cell
carcinoma of the skin or
squamous-cell skin cancer, is one of the
three prin****l...
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vomiting blood. The two main sub-types of the
disease are
esophageal squamous-cell
carcinoma (often
abbreviated to ESCC),
which is more
common in the...
- A
stratified squamous epithelium consists of
squamous (flattened)
epithelial cells arranged in
layers upon a
basal membrane. Only one
layer is in contact...
- A
squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) is an
abnormal growth of
epithelial cells on the
surface of the cervix,
commonly called squamous cells. This condition...
- to
certain toxic substances.
About 90% are
pathologically classified as
squamous cell cancers. The
diagnosis is
confirmed by a
tissue biopsy. The degree...
- A
simple squamous epithelium, also
known as
pavement epithelium and
tessellated epithelium, is a
single layer of flattened,
polygonal cells in contact...
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There are
three main
types of skin cancers: basal-cell skin
cancer (BCC),
squamous-cell skin
cancer (SCC) and melanoma. The
first two,
along with a number...
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Squamous metaplasia is a
benign non-cancerous
change (metaplasia) of
surfacing lining cells (epithelium) to a
squamous morphology.
Common sites for squamous...
