nasosorption

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nasosorption (uncountable)

  1. Absorption by the mucosal lining of the nose.
    • 2015 September 15, “Nasal Lipopolysaccharide Challenge and Cytokine Measurement Reflects Innate Mucosal Immune Responsiveness”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Using the recently developed method of nasosorption with synthetic adsorptive matrices (SAM), a series of samples were taken.
    • 2017, RS Thwaites, “Nasosorption as a minimally invasive sampling procedure: mucosal viral load and inflammation in primary RSV bronchiolitis”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases:
      We used nasosorption as a noninvasive method of respiratory mucosal sampling in a paediatric virology setting.