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lamination
  1. The process of laminating, joining together thin layers.
  2. Something made by laminating.
  3. (topology) A foliation of a closed subset of a manifold by subspaces of one dimension less.
  4. A layer of something that is laminated.
  5. (geology) A small scale sequence of fine layers that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “These variants commonly display an irregular fine lamination, but are otherwise extremely uniform, although locally banding may be present.”
      “The sandstones show variable grading, with planar, rippled and undulatory lamination.”
      “At an embossing station, at least one embossment is provided in at least each of the laminations preceding the last lamination.”
lamina
  1. A very thin layer of material.
  2. (anatomy) A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.
  3. (botany) The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.
  4. (geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “It is mainly composed of nuclear lamina, which at the periphery, interacts with the inner nuclear membrane and is interconnected with cytoskeleton at the pore complex.”
      “The leaf petiole incurvates, the lamina swells, the central bud loses its structure and the central inflorescence does not form.”
      “Posteriorly, the mesial lamina of the splenial is firmly sutured onto the anterior end of the prearticular.”
laminator
  1. A person who laminates.
  2. A device that laminates.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Some framers use an inexpensive laminator to add a professional look to the cards, he added.”
      “The thieves stole two laptops, a computer, a laminator, a DVD player and a video machine.”
      “After smashing their way through a rear window they stole a computer stack, keyboard, screen, photocopier, printer, laminator, television, video recorder and computer games.”
laminoplasty
  1. (surgery) A procedure for treating spinal stenosis by cutting of the lamina on both sides of the affected vertebrae and then "swinging" the freed flap of bone open, thus relieving the pressure on the spinal cord.
laminotomy
  1. (surgery) The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A cadaveric study on the stability of lumbar segment after partial laminotomy and facetectomy with intact posterior ligaments.”
      “None of the surgeons used any IOM technique for lumbar laminectomy and laminotomy or microdiscectomies.”
      “An endoscopic Kerrison rongeur and drill are used to perform the laminotomy and decompression of the nerve roots.”
laminopathy
  1. (pathology) Any genetic disorder caused by a mutation in any gene that encodes a protein of the nuclear lamina.
laminitis
  1. (veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, because overfeeding energy is one of the major causes of laminitis, extreme care needs to be taken to limit intake.”
      “Pletcher said the big bay battled for as long as he could before developing laminitis, leading to his euthanasia.”
      “Keep donkeys off the sweet feed and grain, as they can founder and develop laminitis just as horses do.”
laminability
  1. The quality or state of being laminable.
laminate
laminoplasties
  1. plural of laminoplasty
laminopathies
  1. plural of laminopathy
laminations
laminotomies
  1. plural of laminotomy
laminators
  1. plural of laminator
laminates
  1. plural of laminate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Observations of superplasticity in metals, ceramics, intermetallics, and laminates are thoroughly described.”
      “Deck construction includes either balsa wood or plywood sandwiched between fiberglass laminates.”
      “Finishes for custom cabinets run the gamut from clear coats such as polyurethane to paint, plastic laminates and baked-on enamels.”
laminae
  1. (anatomy) plural of lamina
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The venous media thickens and forms multiple elastic laminae, a phenomenon called arterialization.”
      “The thickness of the laminae increased with the size of the particles of the fine powder, but not to any great extent as follows.”
      “At each sample site, the least diagenetically modified, coarser grained sediments from laminae of dune couplets were selected for analysis.”
laminas
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