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Adluminal vs Luminal - What's the difference?

adluminal | luminal |

As adjectives the difference between adluminal and luminal

is that adluminal is near or toward the lumen of a seminiferous tubule while luminal is of or pertaining to the lumen.

As a noun luminal is

a sedative.

adluminal

English

Adjective

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  • (anatomy) Near or toward the lumen of a seminiferous tubule.
  • * 2004 , William O. Reece, Functional Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals [http://books.google.com/books?id=gvt_qSsLobUC], ISBN 0781743338, page 380:
    • Spermatozoa move to the epididymis by the flow of fluid into the lumen of the seminiferous tubules from the adluminal spaces.

    Antonyms

    * abluminal

    luminal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) of or pertaining to the lumen

    • Antonyms

    * (biology) basalolateral

    Derived terms

    * (biology) transluminal

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) A sedative.

    • Synonyms

    * (medicine) sodium thiopental