lamina
A thin layer, plate, or scale of materialA thin layer, plate, or scale of material.: Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.
Translations
2 languagesMeaning
4 sensesA thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.
Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.
A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.
- a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
Origin
Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”).Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”). Doublet of lame.
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Forms
plural: laminae / laminasSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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