Medical term:
lamellas
lamella
[lah-mel´ah] (L.)1. a thin scale or plate, as of bone.
2. a medicated disk or wafer to be inserted under the eyelid. adj., adj lamel´lar.
circumferential lamella one of the bony plates that underlie the periosteum and endosteum.
concentric lamella haversian lamella.
endosteal lamella one of the bony plates lying beneath the endosteum.
ground lamella interstitial lamella.
haversian lamella one of the concentric bony plates surrounding a haversian canal.
intermediate lamella (interstitial lamella) one of the bony plates that fill in between the haversian systems.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
la·mel·la
, pl.la·mel·lae
(lă-mel'ă, -mel'ē), [TA]1. A thin sheet or layer (such as occurs in compact bone) or sublayer.
2. A preparation in the form of a medicated gelatin disc, used as a means of making local applications to the conjunctiva in place of solutions. Synonym(s): disc (2) [TA], discus [TA]
[L. dim. of lamina, plate, leaf]
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lamella
(lə-mĕl′ə)n. pl. la·mellas or la·mellae (-mĕl′ē)
1. A thin scale, plate, or layer of bone or tissue.
2. A medicated gelatin disk, used instead of a solution for application to the conjunctiva.
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Anatomy A concentric ring of matrix surrounding the central canal in an osteon of mature bone
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la·mel·la
, pl. lamellae (lă-melă, -ē)1. A thin sheet or layer, such as occurs in compact bone.
2. A preparation in the form of a medicated gelatin disc, used as a means of making local applications to the conjunctiva in place of solutions.
[L. dim. of lamina, plate, leaf]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
lamella
Any thin plate, layer or sheet, as of bone.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
lamella
orthylakoid
a thin layer or plate. The term is used in the plural (lamellae) for:- the sheet-like membranes that occur within the CHLOROPLAST, each of which consists of a pair of membranes with a narrow space between. Some 3000 occur in each chloroplast and their function is to maintain the CHLOROPHYLL molecules within the quantasomes in such a position as to receive the maximum amount of light.
- the gills of a basidiomycete fungus that radiate out from the stalk beneath the cap of the fruit and bear the spores.
- the layers in which the calcified matrix of bone occurs, each some 5 μm thick.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
la·mel·la
, pl. lamellae (lă-melă, -lē)1. [TA] Thin sheet or layer or sublayer.
2. Medicated gelatin disc used to make local applications to conjunctiva.
[L. dim. of lamina, plate, leaf]
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