vascular
adjective
pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
vascularity
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a word derived from
vascular.
Example Sentences
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In the minutes before taking the stage, Caminiti eats Raisinets—a sugar rush adds definition and opens the veins for increased vascularity.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 26, 2018
Beneath the skin, a beak has high vascularity and is uninsulated; if the bird's blood is hotter than the surrounding air, the heat will flow from the beak into the surrounding air.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 1, 2012
It is claimed that volition is thus called forth to neglected parts, and their innervation and vascularity increased; and that so at length the normal fulness of life and function is restored.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
This extreme vascularity, of course, favours abundant exudation.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
The vascularity and consequent vitality of the tissues of the hand and arm sometimes afford very encouraging and satisfactory results in conservative operations.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
