lamella

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Etymology

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”), from lāmina (“thin plate”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ləˈmɛl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

lamella (plural lamellas or lamellae)

1. A thin, plate-like structure.
   • 1943, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, John West Wells, Revision of the Suborders Families, and Genera of the Scleractinia, page 32:

     The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.

   Synonyms: lame, lamina

   1. (mycology) The gill of a mushroom.

Derived terms

• lamelliferous
• lamelloid
• middle lamella

Related terms

• lame (“thin plate”)
• lamellar (adjective)
• lamellate (adjective)
• lamellation
• laminate
• laminated
• lamination
• multilamellate
• multilamellated

Translations

thin structure

Bulgarian: ламела f (lamela), пластинка (bg) f (plastinka) Russian: ламель (ru) f (lamelʹ) Spanish: laminilla f

gill of a mushroom — see gill

Anagrams

• malleal