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Plural lumens lumens or lumina
- The central space within a tube-shaped body part or organ, such as a blood vessel or the intestine.
- The SI derived unit used to measure the amount of light passing through a given area per second. One lumen is equal to the luminous flux passing per unit solid angle from a light source with a strength of one candela.
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