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Recent Examples of lamina
The tissue in which the teeth were embedded, called the dental lamina, was similarly only recorded inside a vertebrate's jaw before the study, per CBC.
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Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
The dental lamina has never been found outside of the mouth until now.
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Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
5 Sep. 2025
Two of these organs — the vascular organ of lamina terminalis (OVLT) and the subfornical organ (SFO) — are sensory organs not unlike a nose or an ear.
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Dan Samorodnitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
11 Aug. 2025
The back procedure was a laminotomy, which is a removal of a small portion of the lamina and ligaments, according to the Mayfield Clinic.
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Daniel Rapaport,
SI.com,
5 Oct. 2017
A lamina is simply a very thin sedimentary bed (less than a couple centimeters thick).
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Brian Romans,
WIRED,
22 Aug. 2008
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
The dental lamina has never been found outside of the mouth until now.
—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
5 Sep. 2025
Two of these organs — the vascular organ of lamina terminalis (OVLT) and the subfornical organ (SFO) — are sensory organs not unlike a nose or an ear.
—
Dan Samorodnitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
11 Aug. 2025
The back procedure was a laminotomy, which is a removal of a small portion of the lamina and ligaments, according to the Mayfield Clinic.
—
Daniel Rapaport,
SI.com,
5 Oct. 2017
A lamina is simply a very thin sedimentary bed (less than a couple centimeters thick).
—
Brian Romans,
WIRED,
22 Aug. 2008
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamina
Noun
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The Diamondbacks grabbed an early lead on what should have been an out at the plate.
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Sox right fielder Braden Montgomery prevented more damage with his solid throw to the plate.
Noun
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While the scale of the destruction in Boyle Heights doesn’t compare to the 12 lives and thousands of homes lost in the Palisades fire, Angelenos are having flashbacks as toxic smoke hovers over parts of the region.
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Nothing makes the scale of Washington more palpable than walking the length of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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“Lamina.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamina. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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