lamella
a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
Botany.
an erect scale or blade inserted at the junction of the claw and limb in some corollas and forming a part of their corona or crown.
(in mosses) a thin sheet of cells standing up along the midrib of a leaf.
Mycology. gill1 (def. 2).
Building Trades. a member of wood, metal, or reinforced concrete, joined in a crisscross pattern with other lamellae to form a vault.
Ophthalmology. a small disk of gelatin and glycerin mixed with a medicinal substance, used as a medicament for the eyes.
Origin of lamella
1Words Nearby lamella
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How to use lamella in a sentence
The head is also more or less connected by a thin plate of bone, the lamella, to another outgrowth, the processus longus.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe uppermost lamella of each ethmo-turbinal is larger than the others and more distinct.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsA precisely similar arrangement is found in the scorpion gill-lamella, as seen in Fig. 69, A, taken from Macleod.
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook GaskellThe white matter lies in the interior of the organ, and extends into the core of each lamella.
Between the epiblast and hypoblast a structureless lamella appears always to be interposed.
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British Dictionary definitions for lamella
/ (ləˈmɛlə) /
a thin layer, plate, or membrane, esp any of the calcified layers of which bone is formed
botany
any of the spore-bearing gills of a mushroom
any of the membranes in a chloroplast
Also called: middle lamella a layer of pectin cementing together adjacent cells
one of a number of timber, metal, or concrete members connected along a pattern of intersecting diagonal lines to form a framed vaulted roof structure
any thin sheet of material or thin layer in a fluid
Origin of lamella
1Derived forms of lamella
- lamellar, lamellate (ˈlæmɪˌleɪt, -lɪt, ləˈmɛleɪt, -lɪt) or lamellose (ləˈmɛləʊs, ˈlæmɪˌləʊs), adjective
- lamellarly or lamellately, adverb
- lamellated, adjective
- lamellation, noun
- lamellosity (ˌlæməˈlɒsɪtɪ), noun
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