- cornoid lamella
- a thick column of parakeratotic cells extending outward from a notch in the stratum germinativum of the epidermis, forming the raised border of a lesion of porokeratosis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cornoid lamella
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Lamella — A thin leaf, plate, disk, wafer. * * * 1. [TA] A thin sheet or layer (such as occurs in compact bone) or sublayer. 2. A preparation in the form of a medicated gelatin disk, used as a means of making local applications to the conjunctiva in place… … Medical dictionary
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