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• The airway lumen was also partially occluded by seroproteinaceous fluid and cell debris intermixed with mucin.2015 December 8, “Kinetics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Memphis Strain 37 (M37) Infection in the Respiratory Tract of Newborn…. From the entry seroproteinaceous
• Clinically, a large exoenteric mass may compress the bowel lumen, but seldom induces intestinal obstruction.2015 December 9, “Small Bowel Stromal Tumors: Different Clinicopathologic and Computed Tomography Features in Various Anatomic Sites”, in…. From the entry exoenteric
• When harvested, toroids' were stable, but underwent predictable changes over time with their lumens narrowing.2010 February, Christine M. Livoti, and Jeffrey R. Morgan, “Self-Assembly and Tissue Fusion of Toroid-Shaped Minimal Building Units”, in…. From the entry toroid
• In capillaries of larger caliber, three to four endothelial cells may encompass the lumen.2004, William J. Krause, The Art of Examining and Interpreting Histologic Preparations, 2nd edition, Universal Publishers, page 39. From the entry tunica intima
• In fishes with semicystic spermatogenesis, round spermatids complete spermiogenesis while in a free state in the tubular lumen.2014, Michael D. Griswold, Sertoli Cell Biology, page 401. From the entry semicystic
• Toroid and lumen diameter were easily controlled by micromold design, and toroid thickness was controlled by seeding density.2010 February, Christine M. Livoti, and Jeffrey R. Morgan, “Self-Assembly and Tissue Fusion of Toroid-Shaped Minimal Building Units”, in…. From the entry toroid
• Spermatozoa move to the epididymis by the flow of fluid into the lumen of the seminiferous tubules from the adluminal spaces.2004, William O. Reece, Functional Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals, →ISBN, page 380. From the entry adluminal
• A subsequent molting of the intima of the trachea opens a connection between the lumen of the tracheole and the trachea.1920, John Henry Comstock, An Introduction to Entomology, page 118. From the entry tracheole
• After the cell fills with secretory material, the entire holocrine gland cell discharges to the lumen of the gland to constitute the secretion.2013, Rowen D. Frandson, W. Lee Wilke, Anna Dee Fails, Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, page 11. From the entry holocrine
• Merocrine cells have several full secretion cycles — the merocrine secretion cell does not die when it secretes into the lumen of the gland.1982, Vladimir Evgenʹevich Sokolov, Mammal Skin, University of California Press, page 20. From the entry merocrine
• The endocrine cells with a basal euchromatinic nucleus were approximately pyramidal (Fig. 9b) and were seen to extend from the basal membrane toward the gut lumen.2015 July 8, Giampaolo Bosi et al., “Enteric neuromodulators and mucus discharge in a fish infected with the intestinal helminth…. From the entry euchromatinic
• They first calculated the fractal dimension containing ductal lumens and then they analyzed the fractal details of the ductal network in galactograms to detect early signs of cancerous tissues.2015, Alireza Shirazinodeh et al., “Detection and classification of Breast Cancer in Wavelet Sub-bands of Fractal Segmented Cancerous…. From the entry galactogram
• No bacteria were observed to attach to the brush border of the midgut lumen or were seen in the ectoperitrophic space (between the PM and the midgut epithelium).2015 August 19, “Interaction of Vibrio spp. with the Inner Surface of the Digestive Tract of Penaeus monodon”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry ectoperitrophic
• In healthy sieve elements, gold particles were mainly found in the mictoplasm and in association with the membrane, whereas in the cell lumen they were significantly less abundant.2015 August 19, Stefanie V. Buxa et al., “Phytoplasma infection in tomato is associated with re-organization of plasma membrane, ER…. From the entry mictoplasm
• Stenotic lesions identified were angioplastied if deemed to narrow the lumen by greater than 50% compared with the adjacent normal artery or vein and deemed to be flow restricting.2013 May–June, Donald Schon, Tammy DeLozier, Nina Patel, “Comparison of Procedure Cost for Thrombectomy of Arteriovenous Fistulas and…. From the entry angioplasty
• The graft is nourished initially by plasmatic imbibition, or plasmatic circulation, a process whereby plasma is imbibed passively by capillary action into the exposed lumen of the graft's vessels.2009, Ted S. Stashak, Christine Theoret, Equine Wound Management, page 510. From the entry plasmatic
• Females of the romaleid grasshopper Romalea guttata generate a defensive secretion in glands surrounding the metathoracic tracheal trunks and the secretion is stored in the tracheal lumina.2009, Jorg D. Hardege, Chemical Ecology, page 142. From the entry romaleid
• In the case of true obliterative appendicitis, however, the opposed surfaces of the lumen have become firmly united to each other, and the obliterating band is absolutely impervious.1900, John Blair Deaver, A Treatise on Appendicitis, page 89. From the entry obliterative

Meaning of lumen

1. noun In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
2. noun The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.
3. noun The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.

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How do you use lumen in a sentence?

Lumen is used as a noun. For example: “The airway lumen was also partially occluded by seroproteinaceous fluid and cell debris intermixed with mucin.”

What is a short sentence with lumen?

“In capillaries of larger caliber, three to four endothelial cells may encompass the lumen.”

What does lumen mean?

Lumen means in the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.