vascular
IPA: vˈæskjʌɫɝ
adjective
- (anatomy) Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids
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Examples of "vascular" in Sentences
- Plants have several vascular tubes.
- Bacterial wilt is a disease of the vascular tissue.
- Notes on the vascular plant herbarium of the Museum.
- In a vascular plexus, the contents of the vessels mix.
- Describe the long-term vascular implications of diabetes
- It gives vascular branches to the wall of the brachial artery.
- See also the list of the vascular plants of the Karelian Isthmus.
- Any blockage or hardening of the artery is known as vascular disease.
- The parent cells of the vascular cambium produce both xylem and phloem.
- Between the xylem and phloem is a meristem called the vascular cambium.
- The drug is contraindicated in pregnancy, vascular disease and psychosis.
- They are usually associated with the xylem and phloem of the vascular bundles.
- The authors cite a 1999 study of a beta blocker drug in vascular surgery patients at risk for a heart attack.
- In the same way, Baer said, the lower or vegetative layer splits into two plates, which he calls the vascular-stratum and the mucous-stratum.
- Migraine headaches are classified as vascular headaches because they seem to occur when the arteries in the brain constrict and then suddenly relax.
- "These results are in accordance with previous studies suggesting that hyperthyroidism and radioiodine therapy are associated with increased long-term vascular risk."
- At one time I called his vascular doctor trying to give him some information, telling him that I understood he could not give me any information, but I was trying to give him some.
- M.H.S., also at Hopkins, says that several large, ongoing international studies on the long-term vascular benefits of niacin and ezetimibe - in particular studies called AIM-HIGH and IMPROVE-IT - should provide more definitive data about whether these drugs lower rates of heart attack and stroke when used in combination with a statin, or if statin therapy works better alone.