vascular
adjective/ˈvæskjələ(r)/
/ˈvæskjələr/
[usually before noun] (specialist)- of or containing veins (= the tubes that carry liquids around the bodies of animals and plants)
- the vascular system
- vascular disease
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from modern Latin vascularis, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas ‘vessel’.Definitions on the go
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