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pseudoglandular

pseudoglandular adjective: having some characteristics of glands (used especially to describe a phase in the development of the embryonic lung before ciliated cells are formed).

Adjective

pseudoglandular (not comparable)

  1. Having some characteristics of glands (used especially to describe a phase in the development of the embryonic lung before ciliated cells are formed)
    • For example, several isoforms of RAR and RXR are upregulated during the pseudoglandular phase in the fetal mouse lung [29 ,30 ].2015 October 29, “Effect of Hyperoxia on Retinoid Metabolism and Retinoid Receptor Expression in the Lungs of Newborn Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pseudoglandular

From pseudo- + glandular.

Words that rhyme with pseudoglandular

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Questions about pseudoglandular

What does pseudoglandular mean?
Pseudoglandular means having some characteristics of glands (used especially to describe a phase in the development of the embryonic lung before ciliated cells are formed).
What part of speech is pseudoglandular?
Pseudoglandular is an adjective.

Words near pseudoglandular in the dictionary

  1. pseudogenus
  2. pseudogestational
  3. pseudogland
  4. pseudoglanders
  5. pseudoglands
  6. pseudoglandular
  7. pseudogley
  8. pseudogleys
  9. pseudoglioma
  10. pseudoglobal
  11. pseudoglucosazone

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