squamous cell

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   an epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue

   Broaderepithelial cell

Questions about squamous cell

What does squamous cell mean?

squamous cell means "an epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue".

Is squamous cell a common word?

squamous cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.