hemidiaphragm

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English

Etymology

From hemi- +‎ diaphragm.

Noun

hemidiaphragm (plural hemidiaphragms)

  1. (anatomy) Either the left or right half of the diaphragm
    • 2015 July 25, “Botulinum Neurotoxins Can Enter Cultured Neurons Independent of Synaptic Vesicle Recycling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Neuronal cell entry of BoNT/A followed by entry of BoNT/E was further demonstrated by sequentially exposing hemidiaphragm muscle preparations and selectively blocking BoNT/A with 3,4-DAP. This resulted in a recovery similar to BoNT/A and not BoNT/E, confirming sequential cell entry of the toxins [18 ].