Medical Term:
lamella
Pronunciation: lă-mel′ă, -mel′ē
Definition:
- A thin sheet or layer (such as occurs in compact bone) or sublayer.
- A preparation in the form of a medicated gelatin disc, used as a means of making local applications to the conjunctiva in place of solutions.
Synonym(s): disc2TA, discusTA
[L. dim. of lamina, plate, leaf]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
