squamosa (medicine) and apology (oh)

squamosa (medicine)

squamosa

The squamous parts of the frontal, occipital, or temporal bone, especially the latter.

Origin: L. Squamosus, scaly, fr. Squama, scale

[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: apologia 'written or spoken defense', from Greek, from apo- ( APOCALYPSE) + logos 'speech']
[U and C] something that you say or write to show that you are sorry for doing something wrong
apology from
::She finally received an apology from the company.
::I feel I owe you an apology .
::He wrote to the editor of the newspaper demanding an immediate apology .
apology for
::Please accept my sincere apologies for my behaviour yesterday.
::She had to make a formal public apology for her remarks.
::I make no apology for repeating the question.
::Those affected have been sent letters of apology .
::'He always does this,' said Isabelle, by way of apology .
apologies [plural] a message that you send to a meeting to say that you will not be able to come to the meeting
::Edward can't be here today, but he sends his apologies .
make your apologies
to say that you are sorry but you have to leave
::I quickly made my apologies and left.
[C] literary a statement in which you defend something you believe in after it has been criticized by Other people
apology for
::an apology for Christianity
an apology for sth
a very bad example of something
::They served us up an apology for a meal.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
receive an apology
owe somebody an apology
demand an apology
accept an apology
make an apology (for something)
issue an apology (=make an official apology - used about governments, companies etc)
I make no apology (for something) (=used when saying you are not sorry about something)
letter of apology
written apology
formal apology
public apology
by way of apology (=in order to show you are sorry)

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