Definitions
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- adjective Passing or occurring across a lumen, as of a blood vessel.
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- adjective anatomy Across a
lumen
Etymologies
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Examples
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In transluminal space, the physical protostellar matter collecting in the wasteland of the kuub was represented by both a gravity dimple and a quantum-level spore, or nugget, which interacted with the translateral quantum-frame state of a ship much as a physical rock would interact–that is, smash into–the physical hull of a ship in realspace.
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A literal army of Lanterns is on their way through transluminal space, but the situation on Mogo just got critical…
Green Lantern Corps #15 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA): While CABG , commonly known as a bypass, has more immediate sexual effects than PTCA, known as angioplasty, the sexual effects of the procedures even out within fifteen months of surgery.
THRIVING WITH HEART DISEASE Wayne M. Sotile 2003
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My specialty was the study of transluminal wavicles.
A Flag Full of Stars Brad Ferguson 2000
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You said your specialty was in transluminal physics.
A Flag Full of Stars Brad Ferguson 2000
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Percutaneous means “through the skin,” and transluminal means “inside the artery.”
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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If medical management has not relieved your pain and other symptoms, if your angina is getting worse, if you experience difficulty breathing, you and your physician will need to discuss balloon angioplasty, also known as PTCA—percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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Percutaneous means “through the skin,” and transluminal means “inside the artery.”
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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If medical management has not relieved your pain and other symptoms, if your angina is getting worse, if you experience difficulty breathing, you and your physician will need to discuss balloon angioplasty, also known as PTCA—percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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SafeStitch has also started development of devices for excision and diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES.
James J. Martin Appointed as Chief Financial Officer of SafeStitch Medical, Inc. - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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