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Luminal

[loo-muh-nl] Origin

Lu·mi·nal

[loo-muh-nl]
Pharmacology, Trademark.
a brand of phenobarbital.
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lumen (ˈluːmɪn)
 
n , pl -mens, -mina
1.  lm 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
2.  anatomy a passage, duct, or cavity in a tubular organ
3.  a cavity within a plant cell enclosed by the cell walls
 
[C19: New Latin, from Latin: light, aperture]
 
'lumenal
 
adj
 
'luminal
 
adj

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Luminal
proper name of phenobarbitone, from 1912.
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