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extraluminal

extraluminal adjective: outside the lumen.

Adjective

extraluminal (not comparable)

  1. Outside the lumen.
    • The infection of pancreatic necrosis was presumed when extraluminal gas emerged in the peripancreatic and / or pancreatic tissues on contrast-enhanced CT or when percutaneous fine-needle aspiration was positive for bacteria and / or fungi on Gram stain and culture.2015 August 20, “The Decrease of Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Cells Indicates Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Severe Acute Pancreatitis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of extraluminal

From extra- + luminal.

Words formed from extraluminal

Questions about extraluminal

What does extraluminal mean?
Extraluminal means outside the lumen.
What part of speech is extraluminal?
Extraluminal is an adjective.

Words near extraluminal in the dictionary

  1. extralocally
  2. extralocals
  3. extralogical
  4. extralogically
  5. extralong
  6. extraluminal
  7. extraluminally
  8. extralymphatic
  9. extralymphoid
  10. extralysosomal
  11. extramacula

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