different between squamae vs squame

English

Noun

squamae

1. plural of squama

Latin

Noun

squ?mae

1. nominative plural of squ?ma
2. genitive singular of squ?ma
3. dative singular of squ?ma
4. vocative plural of squ?ma

English

Etymology

From Latin squ?ma. Doublet of squama.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /skwe?m/

Noun

squame (plural squames)

1. (zoology) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
2. (medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue.
   • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 80:

     Squames begin life as normal cells in the lower layers of the epidermis but, as they travel towards the surface, they progressively lose all recognizable contents, becoming plates of mainly keratin protein, based on a progressive deposition of protein on the intermediate filaments of the cytoskeleton.

3. (medicine) A squamous (scale-like) cell.
4. (anatomy) A bony plate.

Anagrams

• masque

French

Etymology

Learned alteration of Old French eschame, after its source, Latin squama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwam/

Noun

squame f (plural squames)

1. (archaic or literary) scale

Further reading

• “squame” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

squame f

1. plural of squama

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (early) scwame
• (Northern) swame

Etymology

From Old French esquame, from Latin squ?ma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?skwa?m(?)/

Noun

squame (plural squames)

1. Metal that flakes; a flake of such metal.
2. (pathology) A flake or scale.
3. (rare) Any scale or plate.

Related terms

• squamous

Descendants

• English: squame

References

• “squ?me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.