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vas⋅cu⋅lar⋅ize

[vas-kyuh-luh-rahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
–verb (used without object) Biology.
1. (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
–verb (used with object) Biology, Surgery.
2. to supply (an organ or tissue) with blood vessels.
Also, especially British, vas⋅cu⋅lar⋅ise.


Origin:
1890–95; vascular + -ize


vas⋅cu⋅lar⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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Main Entry: vas·cu·lar·ize
Variant: also British vas·cu·lar·ise /'vas-ky&-l&-"rIz/
Function: transitiveverb
Inflected Forms: -ized also British -ised; -iz·ing also British -is·ing
: to make vascular vascularizing the yolk sac> <vascularized allografts>
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vascularize vas·cu·lar·ize (vās'kyə-lə-rīz')
v. vas·cu·lar·ized, vas·cu·lar·iz·ing, vas·cu·lar·iz·es
To make or become vascular.

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