Definition of laminanext
as in plate
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 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. 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
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  • The full marathon medals, often compared to the size of a dinner plate, play off the literary theme this year.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Vendors sold everything from $5 wood fire pizzas to $13 combo plates from Mexican meals to Chinese food and more.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado February 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
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  • William Tang and Choongseok Chang are using Aurora to simulate plasma flow, edge physics, and reactor-scale challenges tied to ITER, the international fusion project under construction in France.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Musical theater being more of a niche than pop, the Webber shows didn’t produce stars on the scale of American Idol’s Kelly Clarkson or The X Factor’s Leona Lewis.
    Isobel Lewis, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026

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“Lamina.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamina. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.

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