vascularized

[ vas-kyuh-luh-rahyzd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1955–60; vascularize + -ed ²

“Neuroendocrine tumors are highly vascularized”—full of blood vessels on which they depend for nutrients, says Kulke.

The infiltration itself at the height of the process is densely vascularized.

This structure consists of a non-vascularized network of fibres, in the meshes of which cells are imbedded.

Pannus is a superficial vascularized infiltration of the cornea.

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