Lumina Health Dictionary

Lumina: From 1 Different Sources


(Latin) Surrounded by a brilliant light

Luminah, Lumeena, Lumeenah, Lumyna, Lumynah, Luminosa

Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary

Linitis Plastica

(leather-bottle stomach) diffuse infiltration of the stomach submucosa with malignant tissue, producing rigidity, narrowing, and reduced luminal capacity. Endoscopic diagnosis may be difficult (typically the stomach does not distend during air insufflation at gastroscopy) but radiological changes are more marked.... linitis plastica



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