vascular

Adjective

Meaning

Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap.

Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc.

Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.

Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, the phaenogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ship blood vesicular heart tube cellular enthusiastic vein arterial capillary coronary circulatory ventricular cystic embolism
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Antonyms

avascular

Phrases with the word

vascular structure vascular hemophilia vascular spider vascular strand carotid vascular network carotid vascular system

Examples

Building a solid organ like the liver in the lab is different and harder than with an organ like the bladder because solid organs are very vascular. Anthony Atala

vascular constriction Source: Internet

a vascular bundle Source: Internet

Abdominal obesity has been linked to Alzheimer's disease as well as other metabolic and vascular diseases. Source: Internet

A later terrestrial adaptation took place with retention of the delicate, avascular sexual stage, the gametophyte, within the tissues of the vascular sporophyte. Source: Internet

Although stroke cases have been traditionally managed by internal medicine or hospitalists, the emergence of vascular neurology and interventional neurologists has created a demand for stroke specialists. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Vasconez Vasconic Vasconist vascular arrangement vascular blockage vascular bundle