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canalostomy

canalostomy noun: injection through the semicircular canals.

Noun

canalostomy (countable and uncountable, plural canalostomies)

  1. Injection through the semicircular canals.
    • We employed an AdV- and AAV-carrying green fluorescent protein using a semicircular canal approach (via a canalostomy) and round window approach. AAV injection via canalostomy induced gene expression at the hair cells, supporting cells, and fibrocytes at the vestibular organs without auditory or...2013, Issues in Otorholaryngology, Audiology, and Speech Pathology Research and Practice, page 592
    • A recent study of dye tracking following round-window membrane injection and PSCC canalostomy injection in mice showed that the cochlear aqueduct dictates dye diffusion in the inner ear, by ensuring a pressure shunt to the cranial cavity (Talaei et al., 2019).2022, Berta Alsina, Stefan Heller, Isabel Varela-Nieto, Inner Ear Biology, page 55

Forms of canalostomy

pluralcanalostomies

Words formed from canalostomy

Questions about canalostomy

What does canalostomy mean?
Canalostomy means injection through the semicircular canals.
What part of speech is canalostomy?
Canalostomy is a noun.
What is the plural of canalostomy?
The plural of canalostomy is canalostomies.

Words near canalostomy in the dictionary

  1. canalolithiasis
  2. canaloliths
  3. canaloplasties
  4. canaloplasty
  5. canalostomies
  6. canalostomy
  7. canalotomies
  8. canalotomy
  9. canals
  10. canals of Hering
  11. canals of Nuck

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