squamous
pronunciation
How to pronounce squamous in British English:
UK ['skweɪməs]
How to pronounce squamous in American English:
US ['skweɪməs]
Word Origin
- squamous (adj.)
- 1540s, from Latin squamosus "covered with scales, scaly," from squama "scale," perhaps related to squalus "foul, filthy" (see squalid). Middle English had squame "a scale" (late 14c.), from Old French esquame, from Latin squama. Alternative form squamose attested from 1660s.
Example
- 1. In rare cases , chronic erythema ab igne can lead to squamous cell carcinoma , a form of cancer .
- 2. Since many basal or squamous cell carcinomas are on the face and neck , surgery to remove them can leave people with facial scars .
- 3. The malignancy , called squamous cell esophageal cancer , is also caused by smoking and can be treated with surgery , but survival rates are very low .
- 4. Study participants who used incense in their homes all day or throughout the day and night were 80 % more likely than non-users to develop squamous cell carcinoma of the entire respiratory tract .
- 5. Human papillomavirus ( hpv ) . Hpv is a sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical and other genital cancers as well as squamous cell cancers of the head and neck .