Lumen

What do we mean by lumen?

The inner open space or cavity of a tubular organ, as of a blood vessel or an intestine. noun

The interior of a membrane-bound compartment or organelle in a cell. noun

The SI unit of luminous flux, equal to the amount of light passing through a solid angle per unit time from a light source of one candela intensity radiating equally in all directions. noun

An opening or passageway, as, in anatomy, of a hollow tubular organ: as, the lumen of the intestine or of a blood-vessel. noun

In botany, the internal cavity, or space within the wall, of a cell. noun

The unit of flux of light; the flux of light in a beam subtending unit solid angle where the source has an intensity of one hefner. See illumination, 1, and light flux. noun

The hollow tube of an operating-needle or of a hypodermic syringe. noun

A unit of illumination, being the amount of illumination of a unit area of spherical surface, due to a light of unit intensity placed at the center of the sphere. noun

A unit of light flux, being the flux through one square meter of surface the illumination of which is uniform and of unit brightness. noun

An opening, space, or cavity, esp. a tubular cavity; a vacuole. noun

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. noun

The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ. noun

The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall. noun

The bore of a tube such as a hollow needle or catheter. noun

A cavity or passage in a tubular organ noun

A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions noun

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.

The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.

The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.

The bore of a tube such as a hollow needle or catheter.

Words that are spelled similarly to lumen:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lumen:
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Words that rhyme with lumen:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe lumen:
intestinal, tubular, false, arterial, true, central, small, gastric, bronchial, narrow, aortic, vascular, uterine, residual, tubal, duodenal, urethral, double, larger, entire, wide, distal, colonic, single, alveolar, proximal, normal, rectal, capillary, coronary, gastrointestinal, appendiceal, vaginal, inner, laryngeal, glandular, ureteral, filled, smaller, adequate, open, internal, irregular, stomach, sinusoidal, oesophageal, distinct, wider, ductal, tracheal, ovarian, venous, pharyngeal, renal, shaped, like, jejunal, dilated, eccentric, circular, lymphatic, smooth, triple, stenotic, adjacent, glomerular, narrower, outer, tiny, cystic, empty, obstructed, obliterated, opacified, occluded, ileal, reduced, antral, constricted, pyloric, collapsed, follicular.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective lumen:
tube, catheter, catheters, tubes, diameter, output, size, formation, side, area, ratio, maintenance, surface, method, gentium, narrowing, depreciation, implant, reduction, enlargement, intubation, implants, wall, cannula, patency, lamp, airway, naturale, stenosis, border, obstruction, membrane, outward, loss, fig, distal, needle, figure, proximal, lamps, obliteration, caliber, device, siccum, shape, ett, contour, occlusion, interface, volume, collapse, flux, compromise, placement, balloon, gain, technique, sepsis, radius, edge, devices, tubing, gradient, negativity, concentration, boundary, parasite, potential, vessel, versus, opening, bronze, prosthesis, fluid, encroachment, acidity, cavity, hour, incident, cell, acidification, naturae, present, negative, distention, dweller.

Consonant match to lumen:
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Words that sound like lumen:
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