Definition of paracellular in English:
paracellular
adjectiveparəˈsɛljəʊləˌparəˈselyələr
Biology Passing or situated beside or between cells.
Example sentencesExamples
- Eosinophils and neutrophils were occasionally seen on paracellular epithelial paths, and they appeared on the airway surface.
- Eosinophils abounded in subepithelium and in paracellular epithelial pathways.
- Intestinal absorption of sugar may have a substantial passive paracellular component.
- Enhancing Ca absorption via paracellular absorption would require a high concentration of soluble Ca in the rumen, small intestine, or both.
- Chloride ions, which must follow Na + ions to preserve electrical neutrality, enter cells through Cl - channels or cross through paracellular junctions.