vascular

English

Etymology

From Modern Latin vascularis, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas ("vessel").[1]

Adjective

vascular (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or containing vessels that conduct or circulate fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant.
    • 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 2, page 98:
      Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

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  1. ↑ Douglas Harper (accessed 8 November 2017), “vascular (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary‎

Portuguese

Adjective

vascular m, f (plural vasculares, comparable)

  1. (anatomy) vascular (of, pertaining to or containing blood vessels)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vascularius.

Adjective

vascular (plural vasculares)

  1. vascular

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