English
squamocellular
From squamo- + cellular.
Formed from squamo- + cellular
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover’
Latin cella ‘a small room, a hut, storeroom’
New Latin cellula ‘cell’
New Latin cellulāris
English cellular
Today it means
adj Relating to or composed of squamous cells.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “squamocellular”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / squamocellular