squamous

About 2.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
2. adjective Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
3. adjective Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells that are wider than their height (flat and scale-like).

Similar words

scaly scaled pavement lamellated scalelike lepidote squamose squamaceous exfoliative lamellar

Often followed by

cell epithelium carcinoma cells metaplasia epithelial and portion intraepithelial carcinomas