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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Noun
  • More junk food on kids’ plates and worse health outcomes.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Additionally, the Silver Note restaurant and bar pairs a live jazz club with a menu of small plates.
    Megan duBois, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some board members who voted no said the district had not sufficiently demonstrated that broad layoff notices were the most responsible or strategic option and argued that the analysis did not fully account for the operational and human consequences of issuing RIF notices at that scale.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In Italy in the 1960s, announcements about a state-of-the-art highway that would soon connect the economically struggling south with the advanced north were as pompous as the scale of the project.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026

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“Lamina.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamina. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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