lamina

noun

ˈla-mə-nə How to pronounce lamina (audio)
Definition of laminanext
as in plate
a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale the laminae of stratified rock were deposited separately, building upwards as time passed

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Recent Examples of lamina The dental lamina has never been found outside of the mouth until now. — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2025 The back procedure was a laminotomy, which is a removal of a small portion of the lamina and ligaments, according to the Mayfield Clinic. — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 5 Oct. 2017 The tissue in which the teeth were embedded, called the dental lamina, was similarly only recorded inside a vertebrate's jaw before the study, per CBC. — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 Two of these organs — the vascular organ of lamina terminalis (OVLT) and the subfornical organ (SFO) — are sensory organs not unlike a nose or an ear. — Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025 Two of these organs—the vascular organ of lamina terminalis (OVLT) and the subfornical organ (SFO)—are sensory organs not unlike a nose or an ear. — Dan Samorodnitsky, Wired News, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamina
  1. plate
  2. scale
Noun
  • The other took place before the fifth inning when home-plate umpire Scott Barry left the game and Manny Gonzalez needed time to assemble his gear.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • With runners on second and third, in a 1-2 count, Pages extended to the outside edge of the plate to get around a slider and send it through the left side of the infield.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of plate
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  • How bots and scalpers hijack concert tickets The scale of the bot problem is staggering.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
  • The commercial-scale system is expected to generate electricity and supply power to an on-site data center in the coming months.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Definition of scale

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“Lamina.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamina. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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