lamina.
A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
Meaning & usage
A thin layer, plate, or scale of material. 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.
A thin layer, plate, or scale of material. The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.
A thin layer, plate, or scale of material. A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
A thin layer, plate, or scale of material. One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”). Doublet of lame.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.