Meaning of Squamous

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Squamous

1. 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. 2

   Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.