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vascular

[ vas-kyuh-ler ]

adjective

, Biology.
  1. pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.


vascular

/ ˈvæskjʊlə; ˌvæskjʊˈlærɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. biology anatomy of, relating to, or having vessels that conduct and circulate liquids

    the blood vascular system

    a vascular bundle



vascular

/ văskyə-lər /

  1. Relating to the vessels of the body, especially the arteries and veins, that carry blood and lymph.
  2. Relating to or having xylem and phloem, plant tissues highly specialized for carrying water, dissolved nutrients, and food from one part of a plant to another. Ferns and all seed-bearing plants have vascular tissues; bryophytes, such as mosses, do not.
  3. See more at phloem


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Derived Forms

  • vascularity, noun
  • ˈvascularly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • vas·cu·lar·i·ty [vas-ky, uh, -, lar, -i-tee], noun
  • vascu·lar·ly adverb
  • hyper·vascu·lar adjective
  • hyper·vascu·lari·ty noun
  • inter·vascu·lar adjective
  • non·vascu·lar adjective
  • non·vascu·lar·ly adverb
  • non·vascu·lose adjective
  • non·vascu·lous adjective
  • un·vascu·lar adjective
  • un·vascu·lar·ly adverb
  • un·vascu·lous adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vascular1

From the New Latin word vāsculāris, dating back to 1665–75. See vasculum, -ar 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vascular1

C17: from New Latin vāsculāris, from Latin: vasculum

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Example Sentences

Penises, like lungs, are highly vascular organs, and the virus latches on to endothelial cells that line blood vessels.

A holiday conifer stays alive by drawing liquid up through vessels called vascules into the tree’s vascular system, which then absorbs water and nutrients.

Post, a vascular cardiologist, used to be one of those scientists.

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Together, phloem and xylem make up a plant’s vascular system.

Doctors are finding heart conditions and vascular diseases that have deteriorated rapidly without medical intervention, growing cancers that went undetected for months, and mental impairments that have grown more acute.

Back home, he became the chief of thoracic and vascular surgery at Harlem Hospital.

But a raft of studies now shows that saturated fat does not increase your likelihood of vascular or heart disease.

He has English and Italian blood in his veins, and that vascular mixture works him up beautifully.

He describes the vascular bundles of the stem as "fibres" perforated by numerous "pores."

Insectivorous plants and the rarer vascular cryptogams were specially well represented.

The diverticula from the alimentary cavity form the water-vascular system and the somatic and splanchnic layers of mesoblast.

The cavity of the diverticula after the separation of the water-vascular system, forms the body-cavity.

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