Periluminal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Around the lumen. not-comparable

    "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 forms."

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"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 forms."

Etymology

From peri- + luminal.

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