laminar

(science and technology) Arranged in thin layers. Pertaining to viscous streamline flow without turbulence.

Made up of laminae or layers; pertaining to a lamina.

• l. bone — see laminar bone.
• l. cortical necrosis — necrosis of the superficial layers of the cerebral cortex. See also polioencephalomalacia.
• l. dermis — the sensitive laminae in the horse's hoof; interdigitate with the insensitive laminae on the inner aspect of the horn of the hoof.
• l. flow — the flow of liquid through a tube so that the fluid passes along in concentric layers which slide over each other.