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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A thin, delicate layer of connective tissue underlying the epithelium of many organs. Also called basement lamina.
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy, histology A thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anat.) a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.
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