squamous
Having flat scales
Squamous means covered with or resembling scales—flat, thin, overlapping plates like those on fish or reptiles.
In anatomy, squamous cells are flat, scale-like cells forming surfaces like skin.
Medical contexts often use the term: squamous cell carcinoma, squamous epithelium.
The word is technical, rarely appearing outside biology and medicine.
Covered with thin plates
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
- platelikeFlat and circular
- flatLacking vertical variation
- layeredHaving multiple levels
overlapping · tessellated · imbricated · rough · textured · crusty · peeling · shedding
Epithelial malignant tumor
- epitheliumTissue covering body surfaces
- metaplasiaTissue type transformation
- dysplasiaAbnormal tissue formation
- papillomaBenign epithelial outgrowth
biopsy · histology · cytology · pathology · stratified · keratinized · mucosa · basal
scaly
Covered with thin plates
layered · overlapping · tessellated · imbricated · rough · textured · crusty · peeling · shedding · fishscale
carcinoma
Epithelial malignant tumor
- epitheliumTissue covering body surfaces
- metaplasiaTissue type transformation
- dysplasiaAbnormal tissue formation
papilloma · biopsy · histology · cytology · pathology · stratified · keratinized · mucosa · basal · tissue
skin
Body's outer layer
lesion · keratosis · psoriasis · eczema · dermatologist · melanoma · nevus · sunburn · ultraviolet · exfoliate
scales
Plates or weighing devices
serpent · crocodile · alligator · iguana · chameleon · python · viper · cobra · rattlesnake · turtle
- tissuesadipose, neural tissue, cardiac tissue, fibrous tissue, bone
- epitheliumepithelium, columnar, stratified, simple, transitional
- histologyhistology, tissue, cells, microscope slides, tissue sections
- cell termscellular, cytoplasmic, nuclear, mitotic, eukaryotic