nasosorption

nasosorption

English

Noun

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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135363:

     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.