luminal

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Optical coherence tomography and intravascular ultrasound showed that the luminal area enlargement that occurred between six months and two years was the result of a decrease in plaque size and not a change in vessel size.

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  • Given the inherent wealth of the Daeas district it was inevitable that the local fane should be impressive; a contemporary Berzaz cube, with horizontal stripes twisted at fifteen degrees to each other, their fluid-luminal surfaces shining with an intensity that automatically matched the sunlight, delineating each floor in a spectromatic waterfall. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • The research team led by Prof. Nijhawan from SMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India tried to evaluate BMFTP as a screening tool for subjects with chronic abdominal pain of luminal origin where site of involvement (small or large bowel) is not well known based on clinical history. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Based on the results of this study, the authors have proposed a step up approach of screening subjects with chronic abdominal pain of luminal origin. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Of note, the gene expression signatures that define specific prognostic subtypes in other breast cancer datasets, such as luminal A and B, basal, normal-like, and ERBB2+, and prognostic signatures including MammaPrint (R) and Oncotype DX, predicted genomic instability in our samples. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • These super-luminal particles (possibly neutrons) fill the universe, having been produced by the Big Bang. —  PR Leap - Recent News Releases
 

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  1. Latin lumen (lumin-), a light, air-hole, + -al.
 

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