abluminal
adjective
ab·lu·mi·nal
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variants:
also ablumenal
Medical Definition of abluminal
: forming, involving, or occurring on the outer surface of a body part or device with an internal cavity or channel : not adjacent to the lumen of a tubular organ or part
… the abluminal surface of the stent …— Ron Waksman, The Lancet, 3 Oct. 2008 We have observed that the individual extravasated cells extend pseudopodial projections that wrap around the abluminal surface of vessel … — Ann F. Chambers et al., in Advances in Cancer Research, 2000