"basal lamina" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: basal laminae [plural], basal laminas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|basal laminae|basal laminas}} basal lamina (usually uncountable, plural basal laminae or basal laminas)
  1. (biology, anatomy, medicine) The thin layer of extracellular matrix upon which epithelial cells reside. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Anatomy, Biology, Medicine

Inflected forms

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