a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale
the laminae of stratified rock were deposited separately, building upwards as time passed
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Recent Examples of laminaThe 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
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