Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Consisting of two thin plates or laminæ; two-layered.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Formed of, or having, two laminæ, or thin plates.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ laminar

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  • Safety of bilaminar silicone nursing pads; randomized prospective single-blinded comparison of silicone versus traditional nursing pads.

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  • Safety of bilaminar silicone nursing pads; randomized prospective single-blinded comparison of silicone versus traditional nursing pads.

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  • Their posterior surfaces are covered by a bilaminar layer of black pigment cells, which is continued forward from the retina, and is named the pars ciliaris retinæ.

    X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918

  • By the age of puberty the lamellæ are almost completely united to form a median plate, but evidence of the bilaminar origin of the bone is seen in the everted alæ of its upper border and the groove on its anterior margin.

    II. Osteology. 5b. 7. The Vomer 1918

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