squamo-

a combining form of squama:

squamocellular.

Also, especially before a vowel, squam-.

squamo-|ˈskweɪməʊ|used as comb. form of squama, chiefly in terms of Anat. relating to the squamous bones, as squamo-occipital, squamo-parietal, squamo-sphenoidal, squamo-temporal; also in the sense of ‘scaly’, as squamo-epithelial. Cf. squamoso-.1846Owen Vertebrate Animals I. 112 The squamo-temporal bone and the malar bone of higher animals.1855Holden Human Osteology 93 The squamous part of the temporal is connected..to the great wing of the sphenoid by the ‘squamo-sphenoidal’ suture.1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 135 Squamo-epithelial cancer extends to the glands, but not generally to the viscera.1904Duckworth Morphol. & Anthropol. x. 229 The..point of confluence of the lambdoid, squamo-parietal and squamo-occipital sutures.

squamo- /ˈskweɪməʊ/ combining form.

ORIGIN: from squama, squamous + -o-.

Anatomy & Zoology. Forming adjectives with the senses (a) pertaining to the squama of (the bone denoted by the 2nd elem.), as squamo-occipital, squamo-temporal; (b) squamous, as squamo-epithelial. Cf. squamoso-.

DERIVATIVE squamocoˈlumnar adjective designating the junction between stratified squamous epithelium and columnar epithelium M20.

squamo-
combining form
see squam-

词汇	squamo-
词根词缀	Dictionary.com OED SOED Webster squamo- 1 a combining form of squama: squamocellular. Also, especially before a vowel, squam-. squamo-\|ˈskweɪməʊ\|used as comb. form of squama, chiefly in terms of Anat. relating to the squamous bones, as *squamo-occipital, squamo-parietal, squamo-sphenoidal, squamo-temporal; also in the sense of ‘scaly’, as squamo-epithelial. Cf. squamoso-.1846Owen Vertebrate Animals* I. 112 The squamo-temporal bone and the malar bone of higher animals.1855Holden Human Osteology 93 The squamous part of the temporal is connected..to the great wing of the sphenoid by the ‘squamo-sphenoidal’ suture.1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 135 Squamo-epithelial cancer extends to the glands, but not generally to the viscera.1904Duckworth Morphol. & Anthropol. x. 229 The..point of confluence of the lambdoid, squamo-parietal and squamo-occipital sutures. squamo- /ˈskweɪməʊ/ combining form. ORIGIN: from squama, squamous + -o-. Anatomy & Zoology. Forming adjectives with the senses (a) pertaining to the squama of (the bone denoted by the 2nd elem.), as squamo-occipital, squamo-temporal; (b) squamous, as squamo-epithelial. Cf. squamoso-. DERIVATIVE squamocoˈlumnar adjective designating the junction between stratified squamous epithelium and columnar epithelium M20. squamo- combining form see squam-
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