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periluminal

periluminal adjective: around the lumen.

Adjective

periluminal (not comparable)

  1. Around the lumen.
    • To address these gaps, we evaluated essentially normal epithelial surfaces and mapped the periluminal distribution of CD4 + HIV target cells, including T cells and antigen-presenting cells, and an HIV-binding molecule gp340 that can be expressed by epithelial cells in secreted and cell-associated...2015 July 15, “Periluminal Distribution of HIV-Binding Target Cells and Gp340 in the Oral, Cervical and Sigmoid/Rectal Mucosae: A Mapping Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of periluminal

From peri- + luminal.

Words formed from periluminal

Questions about periluminal

What does periluminal mean?
Periluminal means around the lumen.
What part of speech is periluminal?
Periluminal is an adjective.

Words near periluminal in the dictionary

  1. Perilous Seat
  2. perilously
  3. perilousness
  4. perils
  5. perilsome
  6. periluminal
  7. periluminally
  8. periluminar
  9. perilunate
  10. perilune
  11. perilunes

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