the derived SI unit of luminous flux; the flux emitted in a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source having a uniform intensity of 1 candela
Symbol: lm
2. anatomy
a passage, duct, or cavity in a tubular organ
3.
a cavity within a plant cell enclosed by the cell walls
Derived forms
lumenal (ˈlumenal) or luminal (ˈluminal)
adjective
Word origin
C19: New Latin, from Latin: light, aperture
Examples of 'lumina' in a sentence
lumina
Both false and true lumina showed significant remodeling over time, with >93% complete false-lumen thrombosis.
Chen SL, Zhu JC, Li XB, Ye F, Zhang JJ, Liu ZZ, Tian NL, Lin S, Lv CY 2013, 'Comparison of long-term clinical outcome between patients with chronic versus acutetype B aortic dissection treated by implantation of a stent graft: a single-centerreport', Patient Preference and Adherencehttp://www.dovepress.com/comparison-of-long-term-clinical-outcome-between-patients-with-chronic-a12849. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We studied the extraction of prostatic lumina and automated recognition for calculus images.
Zhuocai Wang, Xiangmin Xu, Xiaojun Ding, Hui Xiao, Yusheng Huang, Jian Liu, XiaofenXing, Hua Wang, D. Joshua Liao 2011, 'Extraction of Prostatic Lumina and Automated Recognition for Prostatic Calculus ImageUsing PCA-SVM', Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/831278. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Histologically, the lesion showed an abortive glandular lumina and tall columnar cells with abundant cytoplasm.
G. Pistone, A. Pistone, M. Aricò, M.R. Bongiorno 2013, 'Multiple Cutaneous Metastases in the Chest from Prostatic Carcinoma', Case Reports in Dermatologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/346801. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The parenchyma was composed of solid cell clusters of follicular epithelial cells surrounding smalllumina.
Casmir O. IGBOKWE, Daniel N. EZEASOR 2017, 'Age-related Microscopic Changes in the Thyroid Gland of West African Dwarf Goat DuringFoetal and Post-natal Periods of Development', Notulae Scientia Biologicaehttp://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/10031. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Kidneys had vacuolar degeneration of tubular epithelium associated with acidophilic casts (proteinosis) within tubular lumina.
Priscila M.S. Carmo, Luiz Francisco Irigoyen, Ricardo B. Lucena, Rafael A. Fighera,Glaucia D. Kommers, Claudio S.L. Barros 2011, 'Spontaneous coffee senna poisoning in cattle: report on 16 outbreaks', Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2011000200008&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These dilated ducts had branching tubules with eosinophilic amorphous material filling most of the lumina.
Laxmisha Chandrashekar, Thappa Devinder Mohan, Jayanthi S 2004, 'Papillary eccrine adenoma', Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprologyhttp://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=2004;volume=70;issue=6;spage=370;epage=372;aulast=Laxmisha. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Some renal tubules showed casts in their lumina.
Faddah Laila M, Baky Nayira A, Al-Rasheed Nouf M, Al-Rasheed Nawal M, Fatani AmalJ, Atteya Muhammad 2012, 'Role of quercetin and arginine in ameliorating nano zinc oxide-induced nephrotoxicityin rats', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/60. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both the distal and proximal lumina were calibrated.
Roberto C. Foinquinos, Adriano A. Calado, Raimundo Janio, Adriana Griz, Antonio MacedoJr, Valdemar Ortiz 2007, 'The tunica vaginalis dorsal graft urethroplasty: initial experience', International Brazilian Journal of Urologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382007000400011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Dot-like moderate echoic signals were detected on some ectatic lumina of the lacrimal canaliculus.
Hai Tao, Li-Ping Xu, Cui Han, Peng Wang, Fang Bai 2014, 'Diagnosis of lacrimal canalicular diseases using ultrasound biomicroscopy:a preliminarystudy', International Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ijo.cn/en_publish/2014/4/20140413.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cystic epithelium lining the lumina was stained with cytokeratin-19 and cytokeratin-8.
Sevilay Gürcan, Canten Tataroğlu, Özlem Erdal Özdemir, Tuğba Özbek, Ayşe Gül Örmeci,Saime İrkören 2017, '“Rippled” Pattern Sebaceoma: Case Report', Meandros Medical and Dental Journalhttp://meandrosmedicaljournal.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview?aid=16322. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)