lamina

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Called a laminotomy, it's an arthroscopic procedure that shaves a portion of the bony plate known as the lamina and is supposed to eliminate the pain Gallinari has been feeling in his lower back since he and Robert "Tractor" Traylor collided in the Knicks 'first 2008 summer league game.

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  1. noun A thin plate, sheet, or layer.
  2. noun Botany The expanded area of a leaf or petal; a blade.
  3. noun Botany The bladelike part of a kelp.
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  • Called a laminotomy, it's an arthroscopic procedure that shaves a portion of the bony plate known as the lamina and is supposed to eliminate the pain Gallinari has been feeling in his lower back since he and Robert "Tractor" Traylor collided in the Knicks 'first 2008 summer league game. —  Latest News
  • Infliximab treatment induces apoptosis of lamina propria T lymphocytes in Crohn's disease. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Van den Brande JM, Braat H, van den Brink GR, Versteeg HH, Bauer CA, Hoedemaeker I, et al. Infliximab but not etanercept induces apoptosis in lamina propria T-lymphocytes from patients with Crohn's disease. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • This permits easy access for the luminal microbiota and dietary antigens to cells resident in the lamina propria, and stimulates further pathological immune cell responses. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • As the name suggests, a section of the lamina, one of the bony processes on the back of the spine is removed. —  New Haven Independent
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  1. Latin lāmina.

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  1. = French lame ( later English lame) = Spanish lama, lámina = Portuguese lamina = Italian lama, lamina, from Latin lamina, also lammina, lamna, a thin plate of wood, metal, etc., a leaf, layer, etc. Cf. lame.
 

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