| stratified | Arranged in the form of layers or strata. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stratified ciliated columnar epithelium | An epithelium consisting of several layers of cells with the deeper cells being polyhedral in form and the surface ones columnar with motile cilia, such as that which lines the foetal oesophagus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stratified epithelium | <pathology> An epithelium composed of multiple layers of cells, only the basal layer being in contact with the basal lamina. The basal layer is of stem cells that divide to produce the cells of the upper layers, in skin, these become heavily keratinised before dying and being shed as squames. Stratified epithelia usually have a mechanical or protective role. (18 Nov 1997) |
| stratified sample | A subset of a total population, defined by some objective criterion such as age or occupation, is sampled. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stratified squamous epithelium | An epithelium consisting of several layers of keratin containing cells in which the surface cells are flattened and scale-like and the deeper cells are polyhedral in form. Keratin filaments become progressively more abundant toward the surface, which on the dry surfaces of the body may consist of a layer of dead corneocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stratified thrombus | A laminated thrombus, the layers of different ages being of different colour or consistency. Synonym: stratified thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stratigraphical | <geology> Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence. Stratigraph"ically. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stratigraphy | Refers to the origin, composition, distribution and succession of geologic strata (layers). (09 Oct 1997) |
| stratographic | Of or pertaining to stratography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stratographic analysis | A former term for chromatography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stratographical | Of or pertaining to stratography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stratography | A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army. Origin: Gr. An army. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stratum | A layer of vegetation used to determine dominant species in a plant community. (09 Oct 1997) |
| stratum aculeatum | An obsolete term for stratum spinosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stratum album profundum | A layer of myelinated fibres, the deepest layer of the colliculus superior, delimiting the latter from the central gray substance surrounding the cerebral aqueduct. Synonym: stratum album profundum. (05 Mar 2000) |