lamina
Plural: laminae, laminas, laminæ
Noun
- A thin plate, layer, or scale-like part of an object.
- a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
- 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.
Examples
- The thin lamina of the Scrabble tile felt perfectly smooth in his hand.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”). Doublet of lame.
Scrabble Score: 8
lamina: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlamina: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lamina: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
lamina: valid Words With Friends Word