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nasosorption

nasosorption noun: a method of sampling (specimen collection) from nasal passages, involving absorption of fluid (from the mucosal lining of the nose) by a type of swab different from older types.

Noun

nasosorption (uncountable)

  1. A method of sampling (specimen collection) from nasal passages, involving absorption of fluid (from the mucosal lining of the nose) by a type of swab different from older types.
    • Using the recently developed method of nasosorption with synthetic adsorptive matrices (SAM), a series of samples were taken.2015 September 15, “Nasal Lipopolysaccharide Challenge and Cytokine Measurement Reflects Innate Mucosal Immune Responsiveness”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    • We used nasosorption as a noninvasive method of respiratory mucosal sampling in a paediatric virology setting.2017, RS Thwaites, “Nasosorption as a minimally invasive sampling procedure: mucosal viral load and inflammation in primary RSV bronchiolitis”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Origin of nasosorption

By genericization from a trademark, Nasosorption, from a blend of naso- + absorption. The method is still proprietary, so its name is still capitalized in careful (and precise) writing.

Questions about nasosorption

What does nasosorption mean?
Nasosorption means a method of sampling (specimen collection) from nasal passages, involving absorption of fluid (from the mucosal lining of the nose) by a type of swab different from older types.
What part of speech is nasosorption?
Nasosorption is a noun.

Words near nasosorption in the dictionary

  1. nasoscope
  2. nasoscopes
  3. nasoseptal
  4. nasosinusal
  5. nasosinusitis
  6. nasosorption
  7. nasotemporal
  8. nasotracheal
  9. nasotracheally
  10. nasotrigeminal
  11. nasoturbinal

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