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n. A thin scale, plate, or layer of bone or tissue, as in the gills of a bivalve mollusk or around the minute vascular canals in bone.

n. a thin, plate-like structure

n. the gill of a mushroom.

n. a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.

n. A thin plate or scale. Specifically

n. Synonyms See lamina.

n. plural The British pharmacopœial name for medicated gelatin disks used in ophthalmic practice.

n. a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones

n. any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

n. thin plate

"The artery lies at first in front of the cochlea and tympanic cavity; from the latter cavity it is separated by a thin, bony lamella, which is cribriform in the young subject, and often partly absorbed in old age."

tissue layer    membrane    plant organ    plate   

vascular lamella    horizontal lamella of the ethmoid    perpendicular lamella of the ethmoid    supporting lamella    haversian lamellæ   

lamellae   

tem-wood    lamina    e¤usion    schooler    incrustation