lamella (redirected from intermediate lamella)

la·mel·la  (l-ml)

n. pl. la·mel·lae (-ml) or la·mel·las

A thin scale, plate, or layer of bone or tissue, as in the gills of a bivalve mollusk or around the minute vascular canals in bone.

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[Latin lmella, small thin plate, diminutive of lmina, thin plate.]

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la·mellar adj.

la·mellar·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lamella - any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus gill plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
	2.	lamella - a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
	3.	lamella - thin plate plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic