vas
noun
a vessel or duct.
vasa
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pluralof vas.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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During pregnancy, Hayley was diagnosed with vasa previa, a dangerous condition in which the blood vessels from the placenta or umbilical cord block the birth canal.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
The vasa recta around it acts as the countercurrent exchanger.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
But four of the five greater vasa parrots that used the tools and ingested the calcium were males.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 15, 2015
Solutes and water recovered from these loops are returned to the circulation by way of the vasa recta.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The paired oviducts and vasa deferentia are, as we have seen, mesodermal in origin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
