STRATIFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stratified mean? 

• STRATIFIED (adjective)
  The adjective STRATIFIED has 3 senses:

1. arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks

2. deposited or arranged in horizontal layers

3. (used of society) socially hierarchical

  Familiarity information: STRATIFIED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRATIFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks

Synonyms:

graded; ranked; stratified

Context example:

stratified areas of the distribution

Similar:

hierarchal; hierarchic; hierarchical (classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deposited or arranged in horizontal layers

Synonyms:

bedded; stratified

Context example:

stratified rock

Similar:

foliaceous; foliate; foliated ((especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata)

laminal; laminar (arranged in or consisting of laminae)

layered; superimposed (with one layer on top of another)

sheetlike (resembling a sheet)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Antonym:

unstratified (not deposited in layers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(used of society) socially hierarchical

Synonyms:

class-conscious; stratified

Context example:

American society is becoming increasingly stratified

Similar:

hierarchal; hierarchic; hierarchical (classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers)

 Context examples 

The epithelium of the ectocervix, which consists of nonkeratinized, stratified squamous cells.

(Cervix Squamous Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of a single or multiple cysts lined with parakeratinized stratified squamous epithelium.

(Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The papillary structures are covered with stratified squamous epithelium.

(Cervical Condyloma Acuminatum, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of fibrovascular cores covered by mature stratified squamous epithelium.

(Esophageal Squamous Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of a connective tissue core covered by stratified squamous epithelium.

(Oropharyngeal Squamous Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Half desmosomes that occur on the basal surface of the stratum basalis of stratified squamous epithelium.

(Hemidesmosome, NCI Thesaurus)

An epithelial cell, found in the bladder, originally thought to represent a transitional form between stratified squamous and columnar epithelial cells.

(Bladder Urothelial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A stratified columnar epithelial cell that surrounds a lumen in a gland such as the breast, pancreas or prostate.

(Ductal Epithelial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea.

(Corneal Epithelium, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The varied epithelium of the cervix; which is composed of nonkeratinized stratified squamous cells distally, and simple columnar cells proximally.

(Cervix Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)