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lamella

lamella

9.9
A thin flat layer in living things like bone or leaves
  • noun
  • /ləˈmɛlə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : lamela
  • Dogru et al. proposed that the mechanism involves the ossification of the chondral framework of the inferior turbinate to a double lamella in fetal life and the misinvagination of the epithelium into the double lamella.
  • ground lamella

Examples

  • Perforation of the lamella exposed the superior turbinate, and the inferior one-third was resected.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Inside the lamella, blood flows in the opposite direction to the water, creating a counter current system that optimizes gas exchange.

  • The volume of these cells depends on the course and structure of the ground lamella of the middle turbinate.

    Academic text (2008)
  • This new region is approximately 50-100 nm thick and covers the entire Zr-Cr interface that is observable in this FIB lamella.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Lamellar-type concha bullosa: Pneumatization is localized to the vertical lamella of the turbinate.

    Academic text (2003)
  • We performed a right uncinectomy, removed the anterior ethmoid cells, and perforated the ground lamella in order to approach the posterior ethmoids, which were filled with the soft, smooth mass.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Following an uncinectomy and resection of the ethmoid bullae, the medial orbital wall was identified and traced posteriorly to the basal lamella.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Ethmoid dissection is continued posteriorly throughout the ground lamella of the middle turbinate, along the medial corridor of the ethmoid sinuses, creating a neoinfundibulum.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Dogru et al. proposed that the mechanism involves the ossification of the chondral framework of the inferior turbinate to a double lamella in fetal life and the misinvagination of the epithelium into the double lamella.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The scientist examined a thin lamella of tissue under the microscope.

Synonyms

lamina
vslamella
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A thin flat layer of bone or rock

is similar but applies also to membranes and plant tissues

How Thin

film
191 3.2
lamella
  • Specialized
9.9
plate
296 3.4
slab
87 3.3

Surface Forms

lamella singular
lamellas plural
lamellae plural

Etymology

The word lamella comes from the Latin lamina, which means 'thin plate', and the ending -ella means 'little', so lamella is a 'little thin plate'. Think of laminate, where thin layers are joined; that is why lamellae are very thin layers in bone or tissue that help make the structure strong.