English Explanatory Dictionary

lamina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
  2. 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.
  3. The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.
  4. A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
  5. One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.

Pronunciation

/ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/ [ˈlɛəm.ɪ.nə] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-lamina.wav

Word forms

lamina laminae laminæ laminas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”). Doublet of lame.

Synonyms

lame lamella blade

Derived words

basal lamina epithelial lamina lamalginite lamin laminable laminal lamina papyracea lamina propria lamina proprial laminar laminaset laminate laminiferous laminite laminitic laminitis laminography lamino- lamin- lamini- microlamina Rexed lamina sublamina

Translations

Bulgarian: слой French: lame French: lamelle Greek: έλασμα Hungarian: lemez Latin: lāmina Romanian: lamină
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