lamina
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The new teeth are rooted in a band of tissue called the dental lamina that is present in the jaw but has never been documented elsewhere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
"When we saw the dental lamina for the first time, our eyes popped," Cohen said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
The impact fractured the C5 lamina in Cogliano’s cervical spine.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
We are going to use a similar idea here except that the object is a two-dimensional lamina and we use a double integral.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Alvarez wondered what it was about a thin lamina of clay, barely a quarter of an inch thick, that could account for such a dramatic moment in Earth’s history.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
The scan also revealed unique characteristics, including a Y-shaped arrangement of supporting bones known as laminae.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It consists of four parts, the right and left pedicles and the right and left laminae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The arch is formed by the paired pedicles and paired laminae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The vertebral arch consists of the pedicles, which attach to the vertebral body, and the laminae, which come together to form the roof of the arch.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Major growth-rings on the epidermal laminae are formed regularly, one after each season of growth, in the first 10 to 14 years of life.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
In these grasses the laminas are folded flat on their midribs so that each half of the blade is folded flat on the other, the inner surfaces being in contact.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Vocabulary lists containing lamina
Structural Engineering
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