- ameloblastic layer
- the inner layer of cells of the enamel organ, created by its invagination, which forms the enamel prisms.
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ameloblastic layer
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layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
stratum intermedium — stratum in·ter·me·di·um .in tər mē dē əm n, pl strata in·ter·me·dia dē ə the cell layer of the enamel organ next to the layer of ameloblasts * * * the layer of cells of the enamel organ of a tooth just peripheral to the ameloblastic layer … Medical dictionary
ameloblast — ameloblastic, adj. /am euh loh blast /, n. Anat. one of a layer of enamel secreting cells covering the dentin of a developing tooth. [1875 80; (EN)AMEL + O + BLAST] * * * … Universalium
tumor — 1. Any swelling or tumefaction. 2. SYN: neoplasm. 3. One of the four signs of inflammation (t., calor, dolor, rubor) enunciated by Celsus. [L. t., a swelling] acinar cell t. a … Medical dictionary
