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Definitions
The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
Word origin
From Latin squāma. Doublet of squama.
Used in a sentence
“EGF increased proliferation and squame formation and induced keratinization in cultured MA cells, an observation heretofore not reported in rat MA cells.”
“They flatten further and become compacted into a dense keratinous layer known as the stratum corneum. The superficial flake-like squames are eventually cast off (desquamate).”
“Here the invading cell masses of the cancer consist of short thick squames, and the nearest approach to cell nest formation may be only a whorling of those squames in the centres of the cell masses.”
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