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pericryptal

pericryptal adjective: around the crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).

Adjective

pericryptal (not comparable)

  1. Around the crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
    • Microdissection was performed using the Leica LMD 6000 microdissector, to obtain the whole crypts, including pericryptal areas, for each sample.2015 December 10, “Celiac Disease Histopathology Recapitulates Hedgehog Downregulation, Consistent with Wound Healing Processes Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pericryptal

From peri- + cryptal.

Questions about pericryptal

What does pericryptal mean?
Pericryptal means around the crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
What part of speech is pericryptal?
Pericryptal is an adjective.

Words near pericryptal in the dictionary

  1. pericranies
  2. pericranium
  3. pericraniums
  4. pericrany
  5. pericratonic
  6. pericryptal
  7. pericula
  8. periculous
  9. periculum
  10. pericutaneous
  11. pericuticular

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