scute
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scute
[skūt]a squama or scalelike structure.
tympanic scute the bony plate which divides the upper part of the tympanic cavity from the mastoid cells.
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scute
(skūt),A thin lamina or plate.
Synonym(s): scutum (1)
[L. scutum, shield]
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scute
(skyo͞ot)n.
A keratinous, chitinous, or bony external plate, as on the shell of a turtle or the underside of a snake.
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scute
(skyūt)A thin lamina or plate.
Synonym(s): scutum (1) .
Synonym(s): scutum (1) .
[L. scutum, shield]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
scute
any scale-like object such as a fish or reptile scale or the turtle's plate of shell.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005