Definition of lamina

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Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather..

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Laminae :: Laminae (pl. ) of Lamin.
Hypoblast :: Hypoblast (n.) The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm..
Podophyllous :: Podophyllous (a.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof..
Laminitis :: Laminitis (n.) Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.
Flake :: Flake (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish..
Laminiferous :: Laminiferous (a.) Having a structure consisting of laminae, or thin layers..
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..
Lamp :: Lamp (n.) A thin plate or lamina.
Laminarian :: Laminarian (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow..
Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers..
Laminate :: Laminate (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated..
Bilaminar :: Bilaminar (a.) Alt. of Bilaminat.
Delamination :: Delamination (n.) Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.
Tilestone :: Tilestone (n.) A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.
Interlaminated :: Interlaminated (a.) Placed between, or containing, laminae or plates..
Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. i.) To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling..
Mannite :: Mannite (n.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron..
Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae..
Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose..
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