lumen
nounThe inner open space or cavity of a tubular organ, as of a blood vessel or an intestine.
The interior of a membrane-bound compartment or organelle in a cell.
The SI unit of luminous flux, equal to the amount of light passing through a solid angle per unit time from a light source of one candela intensity radiating equally in all directions.
An opening or passageway, as, in anatomy, of a hollow tubular organ.
In botany, the internal cavity, or space within the wall, of a cell.
