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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

adluminal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ædˈlumɪnəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- English luminal English adluminal From ad- + luminal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Near or toward the lumen of a seminiferous tubule.
    • 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:

Antonyms

abluminal

Translations (1)

pt adluminal (near or toward the lumen of a seminiferous tubule)