extraluminal

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ luminal

Adjective

extraluminal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Outside the lumen.
   • 2015 August 20, “The Decrease of Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Cells Indicates Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Severe Acute Pancreatitis”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The infection of pancreatic necrosis was presumed when extraluminal gas emerged in the peripancreatic and / or pancreatic tissues on contrast-enhanced CT or when percutaneous fine-needle aspiration was positive for bacteria and / or fungi on Gram stain and culture.