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la·mel·la
n, pl la*mel*lae also lamellas 1 : an organ, process, or part resembling a plate: as a : one of the bony concentric layers surrounding the Haversian canals in bone b (1) : one of the incremental layers of cementum laid down in a tooth (2) : a thin sheetlike organic structure in the enamel of a tooth extending inward from a surface crack 2 : a small medicated disk prepared from gelatin and glycerin for use esp. in the eyes <lamellae of atropine> .
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Similar sounding terms: Lam·blia lim·bal
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