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la·mel·la

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–noun, plural -mel·lae

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1.	a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.

Botany.

a.	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.

b.	(in mosses) a thin sheet of cells standing up along the midrib of a leaf.

3.	Mycology. gill¹ (def. 2).

4.	Building Trades. a member of wood, metal, or reinforced concrete, joined in a crisscross pattern with other lamellae to form a vault.

5.	Ophthalmology. a small disk of gelatin and glycerin mixed with a medicinal substance, used as a medicament for the eyes.

[Origin: 1670–80; < L lāmella, dim. of lāmina lame²

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la·mel·la Audio Help (lə-měl'ə) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. la·mel·lae (-měl'ē') or la·mel·las
A thin scale, plate, or layer of bone or tissue, as in the gills of a bivalve mollusk or around the minute vascular canals in bone.

[Latin lāmella, small thin plate, diminutive of lāmina, thin plate.]

la·mel'lar adj., la·mel'lar·ly adv.

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lamella
noun
1.	any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus [syn: gill]
2.	a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones
3.	thin plate

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lamella la·mel·la (lə-měl'ə)
n. pl. la·mel·las or la·mel·lae (-měl'ē')

A thin scale, plate, or layer of bone or tissue, as around the minute vascular canals in bone.
A medicated gelatin disk, used instead of a solution for application to the conjunctiva. Also called disk.

la·mel'lar adj.

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Main Entry: la·mel·la
Pronunciation: l&-'mel-&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural la·mel·lae /-'me-"lE,-"lI/ also lamellas
1 : an organ, process, or part resembling a plate: as a : one of the bony concentric layers surrounding the haversiancanals in bone b (1) : one of the incremental layers of cementum laid down in a tooth (2) : a thin sheetlike organic structure in the enamel of a tooth extending inward from asurface crack
2 : a small medicated disk prepared from gelatin and glycerin for use especially in the eyes <lamellae of atropine>

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Lamella

Lam"el\, n. See Lamella.

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