See Also: lamina profunda(medicine)
lamina profunda fasciae temporalis(medicine)
lamina profunda musculi levatoris palpebrae superioris(medicine)
profunda(medicine)
profunda(dictionary)
miliaria profunda(medicine)
fascia profunda(medicine)
tinea profunda(medicine)
keratitis profunda(medicine)
bursa infrapatellaris profunda(medicine)

notional (iou) and lamina profunda (medicine)


notional (iou)



notional adjective. LME.
[French notional, -el or medieval Latin notionalis, formed as NOTION: see -AL1.]
I.
Of or pertaining to a notion or idea, (of a word etc.) abstract. LME.
b. Grammar. Of or pertaining to semantic content as opp. to grammatical structure or behaviour. M19.
Of knowledge etc.: purely speculative; not based on fact or demonstration. L16.
Existing only in thought; imaginary. E17.
G. Berkeley All things that exist, exist only in the mind, that is, they are purely notional. Times Literary Supplement Thackeray's narrative persona addresses a notional reader.
Hypothetical; for the purposes of a particular interpretation or theory. M20.
Times The appointment is for one notional half-day a week. Accountant A company..will be able to obtain relief..on a notional figure.
II. Of a person.
Given to abstract or fanciful speculation; holding merely speculative views. M17-L18.
Full of fancies, whims, or caprices. L18.
Inclined to think. US. E19.
? In isolated use before L16.
notionalist noun (now rare) a speculative thinker, a theorist L17.
notionality noun (a) the fact, state, or condition of being notional; (b) a notional or imaginary thing: M17-E19.
notionally adverb in a notional Fashion; speculatively, hypothetically, theoretically: M17.

lamina profunda (medicine)


lamina profunda -->
deep layer


In a stratified structure, the stratum which lies beneath all others, furthest from the surface.

See: deep layer of levator palpebrae superioris muscle}, deep layer of temporalis fascia.

Synonym: lamina profunda, deep lamina.