From theFrenchsinusoïde, equivalent tosinus +-oid.
sinusoid (pluralsinusoids)
- (mathematics) Acurve having the shape of asine wave.
Temperature during the week can be represented with asinusoid.
- (anatomy) Any of several channels through whichvenousblood passes in variousorgans.
2013 February 28, Sang-Tae Choiet al., “Therapeutic potentials occurring during the early differentiation process of mesenchymal stem cells in a rats model with thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis”, inKorean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery[1], volume17,→DOI:Ren et al. 36 insisted that human MSC can differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells but do not accelerate the capillarization and venularization of hepaticsinusoids, finally leading to the partial improvement of liver function in mice with CCl4-mediated chronic liver fibrosis.
anatomy: channel for venous blood
sinusoid (comparativemoresinusoid,superlativemostsinusoid)
- (mathematics)Sinusoidal.
- (anatomy) Characteristic of asinus.
anatomy: resembling a sinus
