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SQUAMOUS CELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissueplay

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("squamous cell" is a kind of...):

epithelial cell (one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium)

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A carcinoma composed of malignant glandular cells and malignant squamous cells.

(Adenosquamous carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of squamous cell carcinoma.

(MIR133A1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the middle ear.

(Middle Ear Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The alcohol-related esophageal carcinomas are always of squamous cell type.

(Alcohol-Related Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma of the breast characterized by pools of mucin and islands of malignant squamous cells.

(Mucoepidermoid Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The drug is also being studied in the treatment of squamous cell and basal cell skin cancers and other types of cancer.

(Aminolevulinic acid, NCI Dictionary)

A squamous cell carcinoma which has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer and glioblastoma multiforme.

(MIR137 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

CEA is a cell surface glycoprotein expressed at high levels in embryonic and fetal digestive epithelial tissue, breast carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

(Monoclonal Antibody COL-1, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the squamous cells forming the lining of blood and lymph vessels and the inner layer of the endocardium.

(Murine Endothelial Cells, NCI Thesaurus)




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