Etymology
Origin of vascularized
First recorded in 1955–60; vascularize + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Although eye transplants have been done in rodents with some success, the animals’ eyes are much smaller and less vascularized than those of humans.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023
In September, George Church of Harvard Medical School — it was he who delayed trying to give brain organoids a blood supply — told a small meeting that his lab had vascularized brain organoids.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 6, 2017
The kidneys are well vascularized, receiving about 25 percent of the cardiac output at rest.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The choroid is a layer of highly vascularized connective tissue that provides a blood supply to the eyeball.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
By late March most of the females are carrying young in their pouches, and those which do not have young, have their pouches enlarged and vascularized for accommodation of the young.
From Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas by Fitch, Henry S.
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