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Definition: Vascular |
VascularAdjective1. Of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids; "vascular constriction"; "a vascular bundle". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vascular" was first used: 1672. (references) |
Etymology: Vascular \Vas"cu*lar\, adjective. [Latin expression vasculum small vessel, diminutive of vas vessel: compare to the French expression vasculaire. See Vase, and compare to Vessel.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Pertaining to blood vessels or indicative of a copious blood supply. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Vascular also means "relating to blood vessels".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vascular."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| vas bund | English | Vascular bundle | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonym: avascular (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conduit | Adjective: vascular. (with holes). |
Receptacle | Adjective: capsular; saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric; marsupial; siliquose, siliquous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Photograph taken of the back of the eye of an AIDS patient with chorioretinitis, which is an inflammation of the retina and choroid (thin pigmented vascular coat of the eye).Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000.Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). | ||
Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000.Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). | Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000.Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). | ||
Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000.Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). | Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000.Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). | ||
Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000.Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). | Microgumma seen in the heart, possess a central zone of necrosis surrounded by large numbers of plasma cells and lymphocytes. Vascular proliferation is present on the periphery. The tissue was stained using H&E technique; magnification 950X.Credit: CDC. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Migraine is a type of vascular headache. (references) | |
The most common type of vascular headache is migraine. (references) | ||
The benefits of early establishment of vascular access should be emphasized. (references) | ||
Business | However, it should be noted that small equipment, disposable and vascular products are often times carried into the country illegally. (references) | |
Economic History | Ireland | A broad range of products are manufactured in Ireland including drug-delivery pumps, vascular and endoscopic devices, orthopaedic implants, ostomy products, pacemakers, diagnostic kits and contact lenses. (references) |
Ireland | It is anticipated that the overall investment will result in the reduction of hospital waiting lists to 12 months for adults and six months for children through the provision of additional capacity in surgical specialties such as orthopedics, ENT and vascular surgery. (references) | |
Ireland | This is the first time that health services have been included in a national development plan, and it is anticipated that the overall investment will result in the reduction of hospital waiting lists through the provision of additional capacity in surgical specialties such as orthopedics, ENT, and vascular surgery. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Vascular" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vascular" is used about 270 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 270 | 17,892 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Vascular Solutions, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "vascular": Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations ♦ Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia ♦ Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion ♦ minor vascular circle ♦ Peripheral Vascular Disease ♦ Peripheral Vascular Diseases ♦ Pteridophyta or Vascular Acrogens ♦ Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases ♦ vascular bed ♦ vascular bundle ♦ vascular cambium ♦ Vascular Capacitance ♦ Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 ♦ Vascular disorders ♦ vascular endothelial growth factor ♦ vascular endothelium ♦ Vascular Fistula ♦ Vascular Headaches ♦ vascular hemophilia ♦ Vascular Hemostatic Disorders ♦ Vascular Neoplasms ♦ Vascular Patency ♦ vascular plant ♦ vascular plants ♦ vascular ray ♦ Vascular Resistance ♦ vascular spider ♦ vascular strand ♦ vascular structure ♦ Vascular Surgical Procedures ♦ vascular system ♦ vascular tissue ♦ water vascular system. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "vascular": vascular-arbuscular, vascular-endothelial-cell. | |
Ending with "vascular": cardio-vascular, cerebro-vascular, lymphatic-vascular, non-vascular, water-vascular. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vascular disease | 154 |
vascular | 147 |
vascular dementia | 113 |
vascular surgery | 108 |
vascular surgeon | 57 |
vascular plant | 48 |
journal surgery vascular | 40 |
vascular headache | 31 |
vascular ultrasound | 30 |
vascular system | 29 |
vascular necrosis | 25 |
cerebral enfermedad vascular | 23 |
accidente cerebro vascular | 23 |
vascular disorder | 21 |
vascular access | 20 |
vascular problem | 17 |
cerebro enfermedad vascular | 17 |
vascular malformation | 16 |
vascular solution | 15 |
vascular tumor | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vascular"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i enëve të gjakut, enëzor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وريدي, ذو علاقة بأوعية الدم, شراييني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съдов, васкуларен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 血管. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | cévní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vaskulær, vaskulær, vascularis, kar-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vasculair. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مجرادار, وندی , وعاءی , سرحال (Cheery, Game, Jink, Peppy, Pert, Trig, Wholesome), رگ دار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | verisuoni-, vaskulaarinen, suoni-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vasculaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vaskulär. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγγειακός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | של כלי ""ם, צ ורי (pipelike, tubular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ér- (venous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vascolare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 網状 (net, reticulated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | もうじょう (hair, net, reticulated, trichome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 관 (casket, Coffin, officialdom, pipe, pipes, tube, tubular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feddanagh (blow; boatswain, fluty, pipe player, play, tubular, vasiform, whistle-like; piper, whistler person; whistle, whistler; whistle), cuishlagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ascularvay vascular. (various references) сосудистый. (various references) vaskularni. (various references) vascular. (various references) kärl-, åder- (venous). (various references) damar ile ilgili, damar (blood vessel, grain, nerve, phlebo-, streak, string, vein, vessel). (various references) судинний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vascularis. (various references) |
| Modern Latin | 1500-Modern | vascularis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vascular": vascularities, vascularity, vascularization, vascularizations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "vascular": avascular, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, extravascular, fibrovascular, gastrovascular, intravascular, microvascular, nonvascular, provascular, renovascular. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vascular": avascularities, avascularity, intravascularly, revascularization, revascularizations. (additional references) | |
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"Vascular" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Vacaflor, vasicular, Vasoulla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vascular" (pronounced va"skyuler) |
| 8 | v a" s k y u l er | cardiovascular, gastrovascular. |
| 6 | -s k y u l er | muscular. |
| 5 | -k y u l er | avuncular, binocular, circular, curricular, extracurricular, intermolecular, jocular, molecular, particular, perpendicular, secular, semicircular, spectacular, testicular, unspectacular, vehicular, vernacular. |
| 4 | -y u l er | angular, annular, cellular, equiangular, globular, granular, intercellular, irregular, jugular, popular, rectangular, regular, singular, triangular, tubular, unicellular, unpopular. |
| 3 | -u l er | abler, alveolar, bachelor, Buckler, Candler, chancellor, consular, councilor, counsellor, counselor, dangler, dissimilar, embezzler, enabler, fiddler, Girdler, glandular, gobbler, hackler, humbler, hurdler, hustler, Idler, insular, jeweler, juggler, kindler, kittler, Littler, modular, needler, nestler, nodular, peninsular, rattler, reveler, saddler, settler, shuffler, Sidler, similar, simpler, Spindler, Stabler, stapler, stickler, subtler, swindler, tingler, Tinkler, titular, traveler, traveller, wrangler, wrestler. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: vascula. | |
-2 letters: acarus, casual, causal, clavus, craals, larvas, lascar, lauras, rascal, sacral, scalar. | |
-3 letters: arcus, arval, aural, auras, carls, cauls, craal, curls, larva, laura, lavas, sacra, scaur, sural, ulvas, vacua, varas, varus, vasal. | |
-4 letters: aals, alar, alas, arcs, aura, carl, cars, casa, caul, crus, curl, curs, lacs, lars, lava, lavs, luvs, saul, scar, slur, sura, ulva, ursa, vacs, vara, vars, vasa, vaus. | |
-5 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, arc, ars, ava, car, cur, lac, lar, las, lav, luv, ras, sac, sal, sau, vac, var, vas, vau. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: avascular. | |
+2 letters: calvariums, naviculars. | |
+3 letters: nonvascular, provascular, quacksalver, vascularity, vasculature, vernaculars. | |
+4 letters: avariciously, avascularity, cadaverously, quacksalvers, renovascular, ultravacuums, vasculatures, vocabularies. | |
+5 letters: extravascular, fibrovascular, intravascular, microvascular, vascularities, vernacularism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 73 63 75 6C 61 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- ... -.-. ..- .-.. .- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01110011 01100011 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a s c u l a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0073 0063 0075 006C 0061 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5667856987786784 |
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