pseudoglandular

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ glandular

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
  • Rhymes: -ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
  • Rhymes: -ænʒʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

pseudoglandular (not comparable)

  1. Having some characteristics of glands (used especially to describe a phase in the development of the embryonic lung before ciliated cells are formed)
    • 2015 October 29, “Effect of Hyperoxia on Retinoid Metabolism and Retinoid Receptor Expression in the Lungs of Newborn Mice”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      For example, several isoforms of RAR and RXR are upregulated during the pseudoglandular phase in the fetal mouse lung [29 ,30 ].
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