Medical Dictionary
lamina dura
noun lamina du·ra \-ˈd(y)u̇r-ə\
Medical Definition of LAMINA DURA
: the thin hard layer of bone that lines the socket of a tooth and that appears as a dark line in radiography—called also cribriform plate
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