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Encyclopedia > Lamellae

Lamellae is a term for several very different biological and material structures. It may mean:


[Lamellae (zoology), various gill-shaped structures found within the respiratory organs or bone or nacre of an animal. Lamellae mycology, the "gills" or leaf-shaped hymenophore structures beneath the pileus of an agaric. Lamellae (materials), various layered structures within geological, biological, or synthetic materials, for example mica and graphite.


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Lamella is a term for a plate-like structure, appearing in multiples, that occurs in various situations, such as biology or materials sciences.
Lamella (mycology), a "gills" or leaf-shaped hymenophore structure beneath the pileus of an agaric.
Lamella, in anatomy, is a portion of compact bone, used in anchoring.
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