antral

English

Adjective

antral (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an antrum
   • 1964, GFF - Volume 86, page 343:

     In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum).

   • 1998, Jay H. Stein, Internal Medicine‎^[1]:

     Antral gastritis may be graded as mild, moderate, or severe on the basis of an evaluation of the degree of obliteration of the pyloric glands, the degreee of infiltration of the lamina propria by inflammatory cells, and the presence and extent of intestinal metaplasia.

   • 2003, Ian R. Gordon, Laboratory Production of Cattle Embryos‎^[2]:

     In sheep and cattle, it takes about 40 days for an early antral follicle (diameter 0.20-0.25 mm) to reach the preovulary stage.

Derived terms

• atticoantral
• oroantral
• preantral
• subantral
• transantral

 

Related terms

• extraantral

Translations

of or pertaining to an antrum

• Portuguese: antral

Anagrams

• nat'ral, tarnal

Portuguese

Adjective

antral m or f (plural antrais)

1. (anatomy) antral (of or relating to the antrum)