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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.
—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
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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Pizza cutter and reheating plate help make enjoying leftovers simple and mess-free.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Brandon Lowe hit a tapper in front of the plate that Thielbar fielded, turned and then short-hopped to first baseman Matt Shaw — who had pinch run for Carson Kelly in the ninth inning — to allow the winning run to score.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The traditional urban firehouse is an almost perfect neighbor — matched in scale and material to the predominantly residential neighborhood while using subtle details that indicate its status as an official civic structure.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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This establishes that hyperscale AI infrastructure is now being built at utility scale, boding well for companies like Broadcom that offer both custom chips and rack-scale networking solutions.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Lamina.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamina. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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