squamosal

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(skwə mō′səl)


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squa•mo•sal  (skwə mō′səl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Anatomy, Zoologyof or pertaining to the thin, scalelike portion of the temporal bone that is situated on the side of the skull above and behind the ear.
  2. Zoologypertaining to a corresponding bone in other vertebrates.
  3. Biology, Cell Biologysquamous.

n. 
  1. Biologya squamosal bone.
  • Latin squāmōs(us) squamous + -al1
  • 1840–50

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