LAMELLA (lamellae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: lamellae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lamella mean? 

• LAMELLA (noun)
  The noun LAMELLA has 3 senses:

1. any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

2. a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones

3. thin plate

  Familiarity information: LAMELLA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gill; lamella

Hypernyms ("lamella" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lamella" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Holonyms ("lamella" is a part of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Thin plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lamella" is a kind of...):

plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

 Context examples 

The collagenous lamellae are randomly oriented and loosely intertwined.

(Immature Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

It is structurally continuous with the sclera, is avascular, receiving its nourishment by permeation through spaces between the lamellae, and is innervated by the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve via the ciliary nerves and those of the surrounding conjunctiva which together form plexuses.

(Murine Cornea, NCI Thesaurus)