squamose


squa·mous

S0681100 (skwā′məs, skwä′-) also squa·mose (-mōs′)adj.1. Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.2. Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale: the squamous cells of the cervix.3. Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone.
[Latin squāmōsus, from squāma, scale.]
squa′mous·ly adv.squa′mous·ness n.