lamina
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"When we saw the dental lamina for the first time, our eyes popped," Cohen said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
This usually happens in a part of our gut called the lamina propria.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
The impact fractured the C5 lamina in Cogliano’s cervical spine.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
In compound leaves, the lamina is separated into leaflets.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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
Plates of hepatocytes called hepatic laminae radiate outward from the portal vein in each hepatic lobule.
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
The arch is formed by the paired pedicles and paired laminae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Boric acid crystallizes from water in white nacreous laminae belonging to the triclinic system; it is difficultly soluble in cold water, but dissolves readily in hot water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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
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Structural Engineering
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