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Definition of Squama
1. Noun. A protective structure resembling a scale.
Definition of Squama
1. n. A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Definition of Squama
1. a scale [n -MAE] : SQUAMATE, SQUAMOSE, SQUAMOUS [adj]
Medical Definition of Squama
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Origin: L. A scale.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squama
Literary usage of Squama
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The squama forms the anterior and upper part of the bone, ... The boundary between
the squama and the mastoid portion of the bone, as indicated by traces of ..."
2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The border of the squama is thick, strongly serrated, bevelled at the expense of
... The squama and the zygomatic processes are very thick, consisting of ..."
3. The Practice of medicine by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1874)
"squama. The term squama; [from squama = a scale] is applied to the scales of
degenerated, thickened, dry epidermis which cover minute papular elevations of ..."
4. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"Incision for exposing squama, preliminary to au exploratory operation for ...
Upper semicircular incision usually provides adequate exposure of squama. ..."
5. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"squama."' Those Muscidae in which the squama covers the halter like a hood are
... We have already stated that in many Diptera the squama forms a hood, ..."
6. Diseases of the Ear in Childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"They occur by outward perforation of the pus from the middle ear along the upper
wall of the auditory canal and spreading of the pus to the squama and ..."
7. Some Points in the Surgery of the Brain and Its Membranes by Charles Alfred Ballance (1908)
"Parosteal round-celled sarcoma of the squama. FIG. 96.—Before operation. FIG.
97.—Recurrence five months after operation. FIG. 98. ..."
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