recanalization

[ ree-kan-l-uh-zey-shuhn, ree-kuh-nal- ]

nounSurgery.
  1. the reopening of a previously occluded passageway within a blood vessel.

Origin of recanalization

1
First recorded in 1950–55; re- + canalize + -ation

Words Nearby recanalization

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