vasa
- plural of vas.
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
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
This results in the recovery of NaCl to the circulation via the vasa recta and creates a high osmolar environment in the depths of the medulla.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
These glands are the following: the prostate gland, the glands of the vesiculæ seminales and the vasa deferentia, the glands of Cowper, and the glands of Littré.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
