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trilaminar

trilaminar

8.2
A thing made of three separate layers, like a sandwich
  • adjective
  • /ˌtraɪˈlæmɪnər/
  • Specialized
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  • The embryonic tissue is trilaminar, consisting of three distinct layers that develop into various organs.

Examples

  • During early development, a trilaminar structure forms from the gastrulation process, leading to the formation of the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.

  • A diverse group of organisms, from diatoms to humans, has kinetochores that are trilaminar in structure, but not all kinetochores fit this description (Wise 1988, Brinkley 1990).

    Academic text (2009)

  • In our study, we observed that the cell membranes were trilaminar, providing insights into their complex functions.

Synonyms

three-ply
vstrilaminar
3.9

Made of three layers joined together

is a technical biology term for structures with three distinct layers

How Many Layers

multilamellar
  • Specialized
9.5
trilaminar
  • Specialized
8.2

Surface Forms

trilaminar positive

Morphology

trilaminar = laminar (transparent) = tri + laminar + tri

Meaning is directly compositional: 'tri-' = three and 'laminar' = layered, giving 'three-layered'.

Etymology

Trilaminar is built from tri- meaning 'three' and lamina meaning 'thin layer', and you can see the same idea in laminate, which means to make layers. So something trilaminar has three separate layers, which is why scientists use the word for membranes or materials with three layers.